Legal Opinion
Safeguarding Historic Hanscom Area's Irreplaceable Resources, Inc. v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 2011No. 10-1972PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The area around the venerable towns of Lexington and Concord is commonly regarded as the birthplace of the American Revolution. The communities in that area, now fashionable Boston suburbs, are deservedly proud of both their storied history and their aesthetic advantages. When an affiliated arm of the state government — the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) — sought to modernize a mixed-use airport in the vicinity, a phalanx of preservationist organizations and concerned citizens treated the move as a call to arms. Massport nevertheless pushed ahead with its desired…
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