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Civil Litigation

Oct. 29, 2018

Judge on verge of dismissing key challenge to high speed rail project

During a contentious hearing Friday, opponents of the California High Speed Rail project tried to talk a judge out of rejecting a key claim in a lawsuit seeking to stop it.

Judge on verge of dismissing key challenge to high speed rail project
Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Richard K. Sueyoshi seemed unlikely to change a tentative ruling that would make a lawsuit aiming to stop the High Speed Rail Project hard to win at trial.

SACRAMENTO — During a contentious hearing Friday, opponents of the California High Speed Rail project tried to talk a judge out of rejecting a key claim in a lawsuit seeking to stop it.

Plaintiffs’ attorneys sparred with Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Richard K. Sueyoshi over case law, voter intent and the meaning of the words “suitable and ready” in Proposition 1A. This is the 2008 voter measure authorizing $9.95 billion in...

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