Legal Opinion
Prairie Band Pottawatomie Nation v. Federal Highway Administration
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2012No. 11-3000PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
The Plaintiffs-Appellants challenge the Federal Highway Administration’s selection of a route for the South Lawrence Trafficway, a proposed highway project in the city of Lawrence, Kansas. Appellants claim two aspects of the Highway Administration’s decision render it arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act. First, Appellants claim the environmental impact statement supporting the decision runs afoul of the National Environmental Policy Act and Department of Transportation noise analysis regulations. Second, Appellants claim the Highway…
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