Legal Opinion

Lakes & Parks Alliance of Minneapolis v. Metro. Council

District Court, D. Maine

Decided February 27, 2018No. Civil No. 14–3391 (JRT/SER)Published

1Opinion of the CourtJohn R. Tunheim, Chief Judge

INTRODUCTION

This is the third chapter of this continuing dispute between a group of Minneapolis residents and the Twin Cities regional policymaking and planning agency concerning a $1.8 billion light-rail project-reputed to be the largest public-works project in the state's history.

In the first chapter, the Lakes and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis ("LPA") brought claims against the Metropolitan Council and the Federal Transit Administration ("FTA") alleging violations of state and federal law, including the National Environmental Protection Act ("NEPA"). The Court dismissed all the claims in…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed FarmsSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
Conner v. BurfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988

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