Sierra Club v. Froehlke

Decided February 16, 1973. Carl Olaf Bue Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

359 F. Supp. 1289 · Cited 55 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of United States Army · 348 F. Supp. 916
• Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army · 325 F. Supp. 749
• Committee to Stop Route 7 v. Volpe · 346 F. Supp. 731
• Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the U. S. ARMY · 325 F. Supp. 728
• Morningside-Lenox Park Association v. Volpe · 334 F. Supp. 132
• Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army · 342 F. Supp. 1211
• Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Inc. v. Bartlett · 315 F. Supp. 238
• Environmental Defense Fund v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 339 F. Supp. 806
• Thompson v. Fugate · 347 F. Supp. 120
• Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Coastside County Water District · 27 Cal. App. 3d 695
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Grant · 341 F. Supp. 356
• Environmental Defense Fund Inc. v. Corps of Engineers of United States Army · 324 F. Supp. 878
• Citizens for Clean Air, Inc. v. Corps of Engineers, United States Army · 349 F. Supp. 696
• Indian Lookout Alliance v. Volpe · 345 F. Supp. 1167
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton · 337 F. Supp. 170
• Ely v. Velde · 321 F. Supp. 1088
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton · 337 F. Supp. 165
• Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. Hansen · 269 F. Supp. 401
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton · 337 F. Supp. 167
• Crowther v. Seaborg · 312 F. Supp. 1205
• Nolop v. Volpe · 333 F. Supp. 1364
• Harrisburg Coalition Against Ruining the Environment v. Volpe · 330 F. Supp. 918
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 340 F. Supp. 400
• Investment Syndicates, Inc. v. Richmond · 318 F. Supp. 1038
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 335 F. Supp. 873

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• Duck River Preservation Ass'n v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 410 F. Supp. 758
• Environmental Defense Fund v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 371 F. Supp. 1004
• Simmans v. Grant · 370 F. Supp. 5
• Save Our Sound Fisheries Ass'n v. Callaway · 387 F. Supp. 292
• Sierra Club v. United States Department of Transportation · 664 F. Supp. 1324
• Bucks County Board of Commissioners v. Interstate Energy Co. · 403 F. Supp. 805
• Town of Henrietta v. Department of Environmental Conservation · 76 A.D.2d 215
• I-291 Why? Association v. Burns · 372 F. Supp. 223
• Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Callaway · 382 F. Supp. 610
• Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 367 F. Supp. 128
• Citizens Against the Destruction of Napa v. Lynn · 391 F. Supp. 1188
• Leschi Improvement Council v. Washington State Highway Commission · 525 P.2d 774
• San Francisco Ecology Center v. City & County of San Francisco · 48 Cal. App. 3d 584
• Conservation Society of Southern Vermont, Inc. v. Secretary of Transportation · 362 F. Supp. 627
• Cape Henry Bird Club v. Laird · 359 F. Supp. 404
• Secretary of Environmental Affairs v. Massachusetts Port Authority · 323 N.E.2d 329
• Alabama Ex Rel. Baxley v. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army · 411 F. Supp. 1261
• County of Bergen v. Dole · 620 F. Supp. 1009
• Association Concerned About Tomorrow, Inc. v. Dole · 610 F. Supp. 1101
• Sadler v. 218 Housing Corp. · 417 F. Supp. 348
• State of Illinois Ex Rel. Scott v. Butterfield · 396 F. Supp. 632
• Crosby v. Young · 512 F. Supp. 1363
• Sierra Club v. Morton · 395 F. Supp. 1187
• Columbia Basin Land Protection Ass'n v. Kleppe · 417 F. Supp. 46
• Louisiana Environmental Society, Inc. v. Brinegar · 407 F. Supp. 1309

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