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Friends of Capital Crescent Trail v. Federal Transit Administration

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / District of Columbia
Year
1970
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Friends of Capital Crescent Trail v. Federal Transit Administration

About this case

Filing year
1970
Status
Motion for reconsideration or clarification denied.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → District of Columbia
Docket number
14-cv-01471
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)
Principal law
United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Challenge to light rail project in Maryland.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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01/26/1970
Cross-motion for summary judgment filed by defendant-intervenor State of Maryland.
Motion For Summary Judgment
07/31/2017
Motion for reconsideration or clarification denied.
The court denied the plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration or clarification. The court said it had already considered the plaintiffs' noise and air pollution arguments. In particular, the court indicated that the defendants had "reasonably considered the energy consumption and emissions impact" of the project and its alternatives.
Decision
07/17/2017
Reply memorandum submitted by plaintiffs in support of motion for reconsideration or clarification.
Reply
06/26/2017
Motion for reconsideration or clarification filed by plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs filed a motion seeking clarification or confirmation that the district court had rejected the plaintiffs' claims regarding certain deficiencies in the noise and air pollution analyses in the environmental review. The plaintiffs had alleged that the environmental impact statement did not assess the project's level of energy use and resulting pollution, including carbon dioxide emissions.
Motion
06/09/2017
Plaintiffs' and defendants' motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part.
Decision
04/11/2016
Memorandum filed by federal defendants in support of cross-motion for summary judgment and in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment.
Motion For Summary Judgment
02/19/2016
Memorandum in support of motion for summary judgment filed by plaintiffs.
Motion For Summary Judgment

Summary

Challenge to light rail project in Maryland.

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Group
Topics
Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance