COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS TO MAKE ART SMART; 2706 Central Avenue LLC, a New Mexico Limited Liability Company; Fox Plaza LLC, a New Mexico Limited Liability Company; Julie Stephens; Jean Bernstein; Marc Bernstein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Maria Bautista; Stella Padilla; Joseph Aguirre; Mildred "Mimi" Lopez; Armond Chakarian; Max MacAuley; Yara Estrada; La Michoacana Restaurant; Western View Restaurant; Albuquerque Barbershop; Mixx Restaurant; G-Mart Convenience Store; Rain Tunnel Car Spa; H & D Tire Shop; Turbo Tireshop; Route 66 Apartments; El Chante: Casa De Cultura, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an Agency of the United States; Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, in His Official Capacity; Robert C. Patrick, Regional Director for Region VI of the Federal Transit Administration, in His Official Capacity; Donald R. Koski, Director, Planning and Program Development of the Federal Transit Administration, in His Official Capacity; City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Municipal Corporation; Richard J. Berry, Mayor of Albuquerque, in His Official Capacity; Bruce Rizzieri, Director, ABQ-Ride Transit, in His Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees, and Robert J. Perry; Michael Riordan; Albuquerque City Council; Isaac Benton; Kenneth Sanchez; Pat Davis; Klarissa Pena; Brad Winter; Dan Lewis; Diane G. Gibson; Trudy Jones; Don Harris, in Their Official Capacities as Albuquerque City Councilors; Federal Transportation Administration; Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator of the Federal Transportation Administration, Defendants [2016]
843 F.3d 886 · Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · United States
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Reference to COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS TO MAKE ART SMART; 2706 Central Avenue LLC, a New Mexico Limited Liability Company; Fox Plaza LLC, a New Mexico Limited Liability Company; Julie Stephens; Jean Bernstein; Marc Bernstein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Maria Bautista; Stella Padilla; Joseph Aguirre; Mildred "Mimi" Lopez; Armond Chakarian; Max MacAuley; Yara Estrada; La Michoacana Restaurant; Western View Restaurant; Albuquerque Barbershop; Mixx Restaurant; G-Mart Convenience Store; Rain Tunnel Car Spa; H & D Tire Shop; Turbo Tireshop; Route 66 Apartments; El Chante: Casa De Cultura, Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, an Agency of the United States; Anthony Foxx, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, in His Official Capacity; Robert C. Patrick, Regional Director for Region VI of the Federal Transit Administration, in His Official Capacity; Donald R. Koski, Director, Planning and Program Development of the Federal Transit Administration, in His Official Capacity; City of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a Municipal Corporation; Richard J. Berry, Mayor of Albuquerque, in His Official Capacity; Bruce Rizzieri, Director, ABQ-Ride Transit, in His Official Capacity, Defendants-Appellees, and Robert J. Perry; Michael Riordan; Albuquerque City Council; Isaac Benton; Kenneth Sanchez; Pat Davis; Klarissa Pena; Brad Winter; Dan Lewis; Diane G. Gibson; Trudy Jones; Don Harris, in Their Official Capacities as Albuquerque City Councilors; Federal Transportation Administration; Therese McMillan, Acting Administrator of the Federal Transportation Administration, Defendants (843 F.3d 886) strengthens a Art Law answer because the case reflects the principle that Use this case as a source-verified research checkpoint rather than an invented rule statement. The ratio should be extracted from the linked opinion by identifying the legal test applied, the facts treated as decisive, and the court's stated reason for the outcome. Applied to a problem question, the case should be used after identifying the issue as What Art Law issue does the source record raise, and how should a student verify the rule, holding, and factual trigger from the linked opinion? The stronger essay move is to connect the material facts to the court's holding, then explain whether the present facts support the same conclusion or justify distinguishing the authority.
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