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Pacificans for a Scenic Coast v. California Department of Transportation

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / California
Year
2015
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Pacificans for a Scenic Coast v. Federal Highway Administration

About this case

Filing year
2015
Status
Summary judgment granted to plaintiffs on Endangered Species Act claims and to Caltrans on NEPA, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act claims.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → California
Docket number
3:15-cv-02090-VC
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the Northern District of California (N.D. Cal.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)
Principal law
United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
At issue
Challenge to highway widening project in California.
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Documents

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09/02/2016
Summary judgment granted to plaintiffs on Endangered Species Act claims and to Caltrans on NEPA, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act claims.
The federal district court for the Northern District of California ruled against the plaintiffs on their National Environmental Policy Act claims but found violations of the Endangered Species Act.
Decision
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06/23/2016
Opposition filed by plaintiffs to Caltrans' cross-motion for summary judgment and reply memorandum in support of plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment.
Opposition
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05/08/2015
Complaint filed.
Three environmental advocacy organizations commenced a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Northern District of California against federal and state agencies that authorized a freeway widening project in the City of Pacifica, California. The plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that the environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act for the project failed to determine the significance of project greenhouse gas emissions and had failed to describe, estimate, or calculate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the project's construction phase.
Complaint
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Summary

Challenge to highway widening project in California.

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