Legal Opinion
Defenders of Wildlife v. North Carolina Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2014No. 13-2215PublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WYNN wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge CHILDS joined.
WYNN, Circuit Judge:
At the heart of this case are the past and future of the Outer Banks, barrier islands along North Carolina’s Atlantic coast. For decades, the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge (“Bonner Bridge”) has provided highway access between mainland North Carolina and the Outer Banks’s Hatteras Island. But the effects of time threaten the structural integrity of the Bonner Bridge, while large storms and changing coastal conditions threaten the…
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