Archives
The last remaining lawsuit attempting to stop the California high speed rail project will be heard on May 31 by Judge Michael Kenny in Sacramento Superior Court as the state dropped a request to consolidate all lawsuits regarding the validity of the current project plan under Prop 1A: State officials on Thursday agreed to drop [...]
Great news today out of the Central Valley – after losing in a preliminary court hearing with a judge saying he was unlikely to rule in their favor during the actual trial, two Farm Bureaus have decided to settle their lawsuit against the California High Speed Rail Authority. Tim Sheehan of the Fresno Bee has [...]
Last November a Superior Court judge dealt a major blow to anti-HSR forces from Merced and Madera counties, indicating in a preliminary ruling that he was inclined to side with the Authority in a lawsuit brought against them. The case will be given a full hearing later this month. But already one party to the [...]
So, this is an interesting legal tactic: The state of California has filed a civil case against everyone — literally, the whole world — seeking to validate $8.6 billion in voter-approved bonds for its $69 billion high-speed rail project. The lawsuit, titled “High-Speed Rail Authority v. All Persons Interested,” is meant as a pre-emptive strike [...]
Recent Comments