Preliminary injunction granted restraining defendant federal officials from issuing "term" and "revocable" special use permits necessary for the construction of a private ski resort on over 1,000 acres of the Sequoia National Game Refuge and the Sequoia National Park, which are in and around Mineral...

Plaintiff's alleged interest in federal agencies' issuance of "term," "revocable" and other permits to private developers of Mineral King Valley insufficient to support standing. District court's order granting preliminary injunction reversed, on merits, because neither irreparable injury nor likeli...

On petition for rehearing the Seventh Circuit en banc here reconsiders its July 15, 1970, opinion, 1 ERC 1460, and reverses the district court order (N.D. Ill.) granting plaintiffs (agricultural products manufacturers) a preliminary injunction restraining the Secretary of Agriculture from enforcing ...

Defendant manufacturer enjoined in civil action under Refuse Act from discharging industrial sewage into the Hudson River, except in conformance with detailed court order regarding chlorination, primary treatment, biological oxygen demand (on schedule for reduction set by court) and later incorporat...

The National Environmental Policy Act requires federal agencies to prepare environmental impact [§102(2)(C)] statements for proposed or continuing activities only. The requirement does not apply to decisions made by the Bonneville Power Administration regarding a transmission line, the construction...

Petition for certiorari before judgment denied, and stay of construction of two segments of an interstate highway in a public park in San Antonio, Texas (granted by the Court on Dec. 7, 1970), dissolved. No majority opinion was filed. Justices Black, Douglas and Brennan, in dissent, express concern ...