United States Fourth Circuit

Where the plaintiffs own land next to and including an area containing designated historic sites and allege that the road improvements authorized by a Corps' permit will adversely affect that historic area, the plaintiffs have sufficient standing to withstand summary judgment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/05/1999
• Decided 10/22/2001
• Published 10/22/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  C.C. Harness, III, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Charleston, SC, for Appellants. Cornish F. Hitchcock, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae. John Thompson Stahr, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Perrin Q. Dargan, III, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., Charleston, SC, for Appellants.  Elizabeth S. Merritt, Associate General, Edith M. Shine, Associate General, Laura S. Nelson, Assistant General, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae.  Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, David C. Shilton, David L. Weigert, Lyn Jacobs, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC;  Frank Jordan, District Counsel, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston, SC, for Appellees.