Saint Paul Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The et al v. United States Department of Transportation et al

  1. November 27, 2012

    NAACP Loses Bid To Speed Up Minn. Light Rail Enviro Report

    A federal judge on Tuesday denied the NAACP's effort to force the government to speed up an environmental impact study for a $957 million light rail project linking downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., saying the study is proceeding reasonably.

  2. March 23, 2012

    US Takes Minn. Rail Project Impact Study Order To 8th Circ.

    The federal government on Friday appealed to the Eighth Circuit a lower court's order requiring government agencies to conduct a more rigorous environmental impact study for a $957 million light rail project to link the downtown areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn.

  3. January 24, 2012

    Minn. Rail Project Needs Better Impact Study: Judge

    A $957 million light rail project to link the downtown areas of Minneapolis and St. Paul can proceed, but a Minnesota federal judge on Monday ordered government agencies to conduct a more detailed environmental impact study of the effects on the business communities in predominantly black and low-income neighborhoods.

  4. January 27, 2011

    Minn. Rail Passes Enviro Test, Still Needs Work: Judge

    A federal judge has said a light rail project in Minnesota meets the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, but that agencies in charge should do more work to ease the project's possible economic impact on some neighborhoods.

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