Legal Opinion
Lee's Summit v. Surface Transportation Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 14, 2000No. 99-1435PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
This is a joint petition for review of orders of the Surface Transportation Board authorizing the restoration of service over, and trackage rights to operate on, an existing but unused 278 mile railroad line in Missouri. Petitioners, the cities of Lee’s Summit and Raytown, contend that the Board erred in deciding that its regulations required no environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq. 1
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