Catholic Action of Hawai‘i/Peace Education Project v. Brown (I)
468 F. Supp. 190 (D. Haw. 1979)
Plaintiffs: Plaintiffs' Attorneys:
  1. Catholic Action of Hawai‘i/Peace Education Project
  2. James Albertini
  3. Ian Yonge Lind
  4. Eileen Belton
  5. Peter Tagalog
  6. Roger Sheetz
  7. Edward Casey
  8. Nora Ogawa
  9. Life of the Land
  1. Walter P. Zulkoski
Defendants: Defendants Attorneys:
  1. Harold Brown, Secretary of Defense
  2. W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Secretary of the Navy
  3. James L. Halloway, Chief of Naval Operations
  4. Ralph S. Wentworth, Jr., Commandant of the 14th Naval District
  5. Thomas B. Hayward, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, U.S. Navy
  1. Elliot Enoki, Assistant U.S. Attorney
  2. Samuel Pinn, Jr.
  3. Jeffrey A. Wayne
Court: U.S. District Court, D. Hawai‘i
Opinion by: Turrentine, District Judge
Other Jurists: Court Below:
  • N/A
 N/A
Key laws involved:
  • National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (NEPA), § 102, 42 U.S.C.A. § 4332
  • Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), §§ 2-17, 16 U.S.C.A. §§ 1531-1543
  • National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), § 1, 16 U.S.C.A. § 470
  • Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), § 11(y), 42 U.S.C.A. § 2014(y), 5 U.S.C.A. § 706(2)(A)
Summary:
  1. Plaintiffs sought to enjoin the Navy from using facilities at the West Loch Branch of Pearl Harbor because the Navy failed to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the storage of nuclear weapons.
  2. The court determined that an EIS was unnecessary because it would conflict with security classification guides. Thus, the court DENIED the plaintiff’s motion for a permanent injunction.