JD Supra

Course Correction: U.S. Supreme Court Removed Roadblock for Railroad Construction Project, Requiring Substantial Deference to Agency’s Environmental Impact Analysis Under NEPA

In an 8-0 judgment, the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that had vacated the U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s (the “Board”) approval of a proposed ...
The National Law Review

Fiscal Year 2024 GAO Protest Statistics: Course Correction from Fiscal Year 2023 Shows Continued Slow Decline in GAO Protests

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JD Supra

“A Course Correction”: Supreme Court Reinforces Agency Deference and Narrows the Scope of Environmental Effects that Agencies Must Consider Under NEPA

On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court held that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) — which requires federal agencies to analyze the environmental impacts of projects that they carry out, fund, ...