LAKES & PARKS ALLIANCE v. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMIN.

No. 18-1686, No. 18-1765.

928 F.3d 759 (2019)

LAKES AND PARKS ALLIANCE OF MINNEAPOLIS, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant v. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, an agency of the United States, Defendant The Metropolitan Council, a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, Defendant-Appellee Lakes and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Federal Transit Administration, an agency of the United States, Defendant The Metropolitan Council, a public corporation and political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 1, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Uzodima Franklin Aba-Onu , J. Scott Andresen , Lewis Albert Remele, Jr. , BASSFORD & REMELE, Joy Anderson , Thomas L. Johnson , Richard C. Landon , GRAY & PLANT, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Craig Raymond Baune , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, District of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant.

Ann Kathryn Bloodhart , Associate General Counsel, METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, Saint Paul, MN, Rachel Kitze Collins , Charles Nathan Nauen , David Joseph Zoll , LOCKRIDGE & GRINDAL, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


The Lakes and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis (LPA) appeals the district court's order granting summary judgment to the Metropolitan Council (the Council) on the LPA's claim that the Council violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal and state laws. The...

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