ELR Citation: 54 ELR 20071
No(s). 24-1492 (7th Cir. May 2, 2024)

The Seventh Circuit reversed a district court's preliminary injunction prohibiting approval of a proposed land exchange in Wisconsin for construction of a high-voltage electric transmission line that would run through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The appellate court held the district court did not find plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits, and that the absence of such a finding precluded entry of a preliminary injunction. It stayed the effectiveness of the preliminary injunction, but noted the district court remained free to consider whether a permanent injunction was appropriate.