Mayo Found. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

ELR Citation: ELR 20006
No(s). s. 06-2031 et al (8th Cir. Dec 28, 2006)

The court upheld a Surface Transportation Board decision approving a railroad company's proposal to build approximately 240 miles of new rail line to reach the coal mines of Wyoming's Powder River Basin and to upgrade more than 600 miles of existing rail line in Minnesota and South Dakota. The board...