# The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Interior

> Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · February 9, 1973 · 479 F.2d 842

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9459566

## Case

- **Full name:** The WILDERNESS SOCIETY Et Al., Appellants v. Rogers C. B. MORTON, Secretary of the Interior, Et Al.
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- **Decided:** February 9, 1973
- **Citations:** 479 F.2d 842; 156 U.S. App. D.C. 121
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Wilkey
- **Judges:** MacKinnon, Robb, Wilkey, Tamm, Bazelon, Wright, Leventhal, Robinson
- **Cited by:** 143 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting railroad's prior statements from legislative audit about nature of agreement

## Opinion text

WILKEY, Circuit Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part):
I concur in Parts I, II, III and IV of the court’s opinion. Regrettably, the would-be builders of the Alaska Pipeline sought from the courts rather than Congress clearly necessary changes in the statutory restrictions on the use of public lands.
I dissent from Part V of the court’s opinion insofar as it relates to the Environmental Impact Statement. I agree with Judge MacKinnon that it was sufficient, as the District Court found, that to the extent that any alternatives were presented adequate consideration was given to them, and that this whole vital project would be expedited (in whatever form it eventually takes) by our so ruling now.

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