Legal Opinion
Town of Portsmouth v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 10, 2016No. 15-1052PPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
The Town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island challenges a district court order dismissing its claims against federal and state transportation agencies and officers for collecting tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge in violation of the anti-tolling provision of the Federal-Aid Highway Act (FAHA), 23 U.S.C. § 301, and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347. After the Town filed this suit in federal court, the Rhode Island legislature repealed the tolls. Consequently, the district court denied on mootness grounds the Town’s requests for injunction,…
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