Sierra Club v. Ruckelshaus

Civil No. 1031-72 (D.C. Cir. November 1, 1972)

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed per curiam, thus continuing in effect the injunction issued below restraining the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from approving those state implementation plans under the Clean Air Act which permit a significant deterioration of presently existing air quality. For the opinion below, see 2 ELR 20262.

Counsel for Plaintiff
Bruse J. Terris
1908 Sunderland Place
Washington, D.C. 20036

James W. Moorman
311 California Street, #311
San Francisco, California 94104

Counsel for Defendant
Edmund B. Clark
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.

Before Danaher, McGowan and Robb, JJ.

[2 ELR 20656]

PER CURIAM

Judgment

This cause came on for consideration on the record on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, and was argued by counsel. On consideration of the foregoing, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED by the Court that the judgment of the District Court appealed from herein is affirmed on the basis of the opinion filed June 2, 1972, by the District Court (John H. Pratt District Judge), __ F. Supp. __ [2 ELR 20262]; and it is

FURTHER ORDERED by the Court that appellants' motion for stay pending appeal is hereby dismissed as moot.