Legal Opinion

Pope County Mothers v. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided May 25, 1999No. CX-98-2308PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HUSPENI, * Judge.

On appeal from .summary judgment, appellant Hancock Pro-Pork, Inc. contends the district court erred in (1) determining that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) decision not to require an EIS for proposed feedlot project was arbitrary and capricious and (2) remanding the matter to the MPCA for preparation of an EIS. Because we concur with the district court that the MPCA’s decision that an EIS was not needed was arbitrary and capricious, we affirm.

FACTS

Appellant-intervenor Hancock Pro-Pork, Inc. (HPP) is a Minnesota corporation seeking to build and operate…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  2. County of Suffolk, County of Nassau, Town of Islip, Town of Hempstead, Town of North Hempstead, Town of Oyster Bay, Town of Huntington, and the Board of Trustees of the Town, of Huntington and Concerned Citizens of Montauk, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, and New York Gas Group, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants. The Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Secretary of the Interior, National Ocean Industries Association, National Supply Company, Continental Oil Company, Diamond M. Drilling Company, Digicon, Inc., Dresser Industries, Inc., Houston Oil & Minerals Corporation, Levingston Shipbuilding Company, Murphy Oil Corporation, Ocean Production Company, Transco Companies, Inc. And Zapata Corporation, Intervenor-Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  3. Trout Unlimited, Inc. v. Minnesota Department of AgricultureCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1995
  4. National Audubon Society v. Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
  5. Standard Oil Co. v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1941

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Watab Township Citizen Alliance v. Benton County Board of CommissionersCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2007
  2. In Re BlockCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2007
  3. Minnesotans for Responsible Recreation v. Department of Natural ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
  4. Friends of Twin Lakes v. City of RosevilleCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2009
  5. In Re American Iron and Supply Co.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 2000

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