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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1975

Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Society v. Texas Highway Department

Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Society v. Texas Highway Department
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided September 25, 1975
519 F.2d 1372 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

John W. Vardaman, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants., William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., Edward M. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Larry F. York, Lynn Taylor, Asst. Attys. Gen., Samuel D. McDaniel, Chas. Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., Leonard Schaitman, Judith S. Feigin, Dept. of Justice, Appellate Sec., Civil Div., Washington, D. C., for defendants-appellees., Hubert W. Green, San Antonio, Tex., amicus curiae for Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce., Crawford B. Reeder, City Atty., San Antonio, Tex., amicus curiae for City of San Antonio.

Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Society v. Texas Highway Department

Opinion of the Court

BY THE COURT:

The decision of the District Court which rejected the claim of plaintiffs for attorneys’ fees in this case is affirmed on the basis of the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society et al., 421 U.S. 240, 95 S.Ct. 1612, 44 L.Ed.2d 141 (1975).

Affirmed.

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