Legal Opinion
Piedmont Environmental Council v. United States Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2003No. 01-2286UnpublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) and the Sierra Club, the plaintiffs, appeal the August 21, 2001, order of the district court, which granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants on eight of the nine counts alleged by PEC and the Sierra Club in their complaint. PEC and the Sierra Club alleged that the actions of the defendants relating to construction of a bypass west of Route 29 in Charlottesville, Virginia violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq., and Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act, (Section 4(f)), 49 U.S.C. §…
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