MONUMENTAL TASK COMMITTEE, INCORPORATED v. CHAO

No. 16-30107.

MONUMENTAL TASK COMMITTEE, INCORPORATED; LOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY; FOUNDATION FOR HISTORICAL LOUISIANA, INCORPORATED; BEAUREGARD CAMP NO. 130, INCORPORATED, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ELAINE L. CHAO, in her official capacity as Secretary of Transportation; MATTHEW WELBES, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Federal Transit Administration; FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, a Division of the United States Department of Transportation; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY; MITCHELL J. LANDRIEU, Hon., in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of New Orleans; CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: March 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin Hardy Jones, III , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Robert Logan, IV , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John Bettes Dunlap, III , for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Peter M. Mansfield , for Defendant-Appellee.

Randy George McKee , for Defendant-Appellee.

Norman Sundiata Haley , for Defendant-Appellee.

Jason M. Bigelow , for Defendant-Appellee.

Kevin G. Boitmann , for Defendant-Appellee.

Adam Swensek , for Defendant-Appellee.

Sara Helene Godchaux , for Defendant-Appellee.

Katharine Paige O'Hale , for Defendant-Appellee.

Rebecca H. Dietz , for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


The court has carefully considered this appeal in light of the briefs, oral argument, and pertinent portions of the record. Having done so, we find no error of law or reversible error of fact. We therefore AFFIRM the district court's judgment for essentially the same reasons articulated by that court. See Monumental...

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