Legal Opinion
Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail v. Federal Transit Administration
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 9, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2014-1471PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
(June 9* 2017) [Dkts. ## 47, 54, 56, 115, 116]
RICHARD J. 'LEON, United States District Judge
In March 2014, the Federal Transit Administration (“FTA”) issued a Récord of Decision (“ROD”) approving the Purple Line Project, a planned 16.2-mile light rail transit system ⅛ Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, Maryland.' Friends of the Capital Crescent Trail (“FCCT”), John MacKnight Fitzgerald, and Christine Real de Azua (“plaintiffs”) filed suit in this Court, challenging the ROD and related approvals by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS,” together with FTA and the…
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