Legal Opinion
Mid States Coalition for Progress v. Surface Transportation Board
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 2003No. 02-1359, 02-1481, 02-1482, 02-1767, 02-1785, 02-1792, 02-1794, 02-1804, 02-1863PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners challenge the decision of the Surface Transportation Board issued January 30, 2002, giving final approval to the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation’s (DM & E) proposal to construct approximately 280 miles of new rail line to reach the coal mines of Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB) and to upgrade nearly 600 miles of existing rail line in Minnesota and South Dakota. They maintain that in giving its approval the Board violated 49 U.S.C. § 10901, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4347), the National…
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