Legal Opinion
Lakes & Parks Alliance v. Federal Transit Administration
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 6, 2015No. Civil No. 14-3391 (JRT/SER)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS
JOHN R. TUNHEIM, District Judge.
Plaintiff Lakes and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis (“LPA”) brings this action against defendants Federal Transit Administration (“FTA”) and Metropolitan Council (“Met Council”). The Met Council is a Minnesota transportation planning organization, tasked with planning, constructing, and operating a future light rail transit route — the Southwest Light Rail Transit project (“SWLRT”) — -that would connect downtown Minneapolis to the southwestern Twin Cities. Although the Met Council and FTA are in the midst of the…
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