noting railroad's prior statements from legislative audit about nature of agreement
How later courts described this case
- noting railroad's prior statements from legislative audit about nature of agreement
- collecting cases and stating that “[t]here is a presumption against construing a statute so as to render it ineffective”
- agency considers ban on DDT
- "Courts should make every effort to reconcile allegedly conflicting statutes and to give effect to the language and intent of both, so long as doing so does not deprive one or the other of its essential meaning."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
ROBB, Circuit Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part):
I concur in Parts I, II, III and IV of the court’s opinion. I agree with Judge MacKinnon that the environmental impact statement was sufficient and that we should pass upon this issue now.