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Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v. Karlen, 444 U.S. 223 (1980)
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Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v. Karlen, 444 U.S. 223 (1980)
Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. Karlen No. 79-168 Decided January 7, 1980 * 444 U.S. 223
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
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Held: The Court of Appeals erred in concluding that, when the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) considered alternative sites before redesignating a proposed site for middle-income housing as one for low-income housing it should have given determinative weight to environmental factors such as crowding low-income housing into a concentrated area and should not have considered the delay that would occur in developing an alternative site as an overriding factor. Once an agency has made a decision subject to the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the only role for a court is to insure that the agency has considered the environmental consequences; it cannot interject itself within the area of discretion of the executive as to the choice of the action to be taken. Here, there is no doubt that HUD considered the environmental consequences of its decision to redesignate the proposed site for low-income housing, and the Act requires no more.
Certiorari granted; 590 F.2d 39, reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v. Karlen, 444 U.S. 223 (1980) in 444 U.S. 223 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QT6RQX2PCQVI316.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v. Karlen, 444 U.S. 223 (1980), in 444 U.S. 223, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QT6RQX2PCQVI316.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Strycker’s Bay Neighborhood Council v. Karlen, 444 U.S. 223 (1980). cited in 1980, 444 U.S. 223. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QT6RQX2PCQVI316.
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