Legal Opinion
Village of Barrington v. Surface Transportation Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 15, 2011No. 09-1002, 09-1028, 09-1048, 09-1049, 09-1073PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a difficult question of statutory interpretation: in enacting the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, did Congress deprive the Surface Transportation Board of its authority to impose environmental conditions when approving so-called minor mergers? For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we conclude that it did not and that the Board therefore retains its environmental conditioning authority. We also conclude that in approving the merger at issue in this case, the Board complied with the National Environmental…
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