Sierra Club v. Alexander

ELR Citation: ELR 20422
No(s). 79-CV-770 (N.D.N.Y. Feb 5, 1980)

The district court rules that the defendant Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in two respects in issuing a permit to construct a shopping mall in a wetland area but declines to enjoin continued work on the project. The court first rejects the argument that beca...