Save Our Springs Alliance, Inc. v. Texas Department of Transportation et al

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Case Number:

1:19-cv-00762

Court:

Texas Western

Nature of Suit:

Environmental Matters

Judge:

Robert Pitman

Government Agencies

  1. April 01, 2022

    Texas Beats Salamander-Based Challenge To Highway Project

    Lone Star State and federal officials properly assessed a highway expansion's effects on two types of protected salamanders before greenlighting the project, a Texas federal judge has ruled, ending an environmental group's challenge to the project.

  2. October 04, 2019

    Texas Says Salamander Claim Can't Hold Up Highway Project

    Texas state officials asked a federal judge on Thursday to throw out what they said is a redundant claim from an environmental group that a highway expansion project could illegally harm two types of protected salamanders.

  3. July 30, 2019

    Environmental Groups Challenge Austin Highway Expansion

    In two separate federal lawsuits filed this week, environmental groups are aiming to halt a highway expansion project in Austin, Texas, arguing the Texas Department of Transportation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shirked duties in determining the construction wouldn't likely hurt two types of endangered salamanders.