Legal Opinion
Town of Atherton v. California High-Speed Rail Authority
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 24, 2014No. C070877PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DUARTE, J.
California has long contemplated a high-speed rail system connecting its southern and northern regions. In 1996 when the Legislature established defendant California High-Speed Rail Authority (the Authority), it declared the need for an intercity rail system operating at high speeds to complement the existing infrastructure of highways and airports. (Pub. Util. Code, § 185010.) As plans for a high-speed rail system developed, the system’s alignment — simply put, where to lay the track — from the Central Valley to the San Francisco Bay Area became an issue. At the heart of the…
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