Attorney for freeway opponents encouraged by appeals court order
by Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
The lawyer for a group trying to halt further work on the South Mountain Freeway said he is encouraged by the latest order handed down by an appellate court panel.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week ordered that Protect Arizona’s Resources and Children should identify areas in Ahwatukee that would be subjected to blasting before a panel of judges hears oral arguments in the case on Oct. 19.
“I took the order as a very good sign,” PARC attorney Howard Shanker said. “It means that somebody is actually thinking about the environmental harms we are alleging. They also gave us an open-ended invitation to make our reply brief as long as we want.”
