Seven County Infastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 29, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- May 29, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 8–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 605 U. S. Part 1 Pages 168–203 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT May 29, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus SEVEN COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE COALITION et al. v. EAGLE COUNTY, COLORADO, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit No. 23–975. Argued December 10, 2024—Decided May 29, 2025 Under federal law, new railroad construction and operation must frst be approved by the U. S. Surface Transportation Board. 49 U. S. C. § 10901. In 2020, the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition applied to the Board for approval of an 88-mile railroad line connecting Utah's oil- rich Uinta Basin to the national freight rail network, facilitating the transportation of crude oil to refneries along the Gulf Coast. As part of its project review, the Board prepared an environmental impact state- ment (EIS) that addressed signifcant environmental effects of the proj- ect and identifed feasible alternatives that could mitigate those effects, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act…
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