Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 2002No. 01-11179PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
The Sierra Club and several individually named plaintiffs (“Sierra Club”) brought suit against the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) and the Florida Department of Transportation (“FDOT”) seeking to halt construction of the Sun-coast Parkway, a 41.6 mile, four-lane toll-road that runs north-south from Hillsbor-ough County, Florida through Pasco and Hernando Counties. Sierra Club argues that the Corps failed to comply with the procedural requirements of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1536. Granting summary judgment in favor of…
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