Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc.

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community organization environmental organization grassroots organization

Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. is a grassroots environmental and community organization best known for successfully challenging a proposed highway through Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee, in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	community organization ⓘ environmental organization ⓘ grassroots organization ⓘ
activity	grassroots organizing ⓘ litigation ⓘ public awareness campaigns ⓘ
associatedCity	Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedPlace	Overton Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedState	Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	environmental law ⓘ historic preservation ⓘ urban planning ⓘ
impact	helped prevent construction of a highway through Overton Park ⓘ influenced federal transportation and environmental policy ⓘ strengthened judicial review of administrative agency decisions in the United States ⓘ
legalAction	sued U.S. Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe ⓘ
legalBasis	Administrative Procedure Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Section 138 of Title 23 of the United States Code ⓘ Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 ⓘ
legalCase	Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	environmental movement in the United States ⓘ freeway revolt movement in American cities ⓘ
notableFor	landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe NERFINISHED ⓘ opposition to construction of a highway through Overton Park ⓘ
opposedProject	proposed segment of Interstate 40 through Overton Park ⓘ
purpose	community advocacy ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ preservation of Overton Park ⓘ
recognizedAs	important example of citizen activism in land-use decisions ⓘ

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Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe → hasPetitioner → Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. ⓘ