Legal Opinion
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc. v. United States Department of the Army
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 18, 2003No. CIV.A.02-11749-JLTPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
This action is the second skirmish in what may prove to be a protracted struggle over the construction of a wind energy plant in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts. 1 It involves a challenge by Plaintiffs 2 to the decision of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”), one of the named Defendants, 3 to issue a permit to Cape Wind Associates, LLC (“Cape Wind” or “Intervenor”) 4 under section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 (“section 10”). 5 The permit authorized Cape Wind to construct a Scientific Measurement Devices Station (“data…
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- United States v. Mead Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Town of Barnstable v. O'ConnorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2015
- Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc. v. United States Department of the ArmyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. HopperCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- Advocates for Transportation Alternatives, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of EngineersDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2006
- Neighborhood Ass'n of the Back Bay v. Federal Transit AdministrationDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2005
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