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Government

Jan. 7, 2015

High speed rail opponents hope property litigation slows project

Opponents of California's high speed rail project suffered defeats in appeals court last year. This year they're hoping the project will be slowed by eminent domain fights in the Central Valley while they pursue new litigation.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Adversaries of California's High Speed Rail project lost big on appeals this summer, when lower court rulings that would have blocked the sale of bonds for the project and approval of the project's funding plan got reversed.


Even as the bullet train's backers finally celebrate the start of construction in Fresno this week, opponents have a potential spoiler - the railway faces a growing num...

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