ELR Citation: ELR 20455
No(s). 74-3705 (5th Cir. May 23, 1975)

NEPA makes no provision for awarding damages or restitution to a private party. A landowner therefore cannot recover such compensation under the statute for state condemnation of 0.4 acres of his land for use in a planned federally funded highway project. The court also rules that when a state court...