Legal Opinion
Dc Preservation League v. Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 29, 2026No. Civil Action No. 2026-0981Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE et al., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 26-cv-981 (CRC) BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is an iconic landmark in Washington, D.C. The Modernist building sits on a seventeen-acre campus overlooking the Potomac River, nestled between Rock Creek Parkway and a tangle of intersecting highways at the edge of Foggy Bottom. It was designed by American architect Edward Durell Stone and, due to its…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2008
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- Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness AllianceSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- American Hospital Association v. Sylvia BurwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2016
- Hani Abdullah v. Barack ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
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