Bayview Hunters Point Community Advocates v. Metropolitan Transportation Commission

366 F.3d 692 BAYVIEW HUNTERS POINT COMMUNITY ADVOCATES; Communities for a Better Environment; Latino Issues Forum; Our Children's Earth Foundation; Sierra Club; Transportation Solutions Defense and Education Fund; Urban Habitat Program; The Tide Center, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellant, and San Francisco Municipal Railway; Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, Defendants. No. 02-17352. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 8, 2003. Filed April 6, 2004. Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 2, 2004. * COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED David D. Cooke, San Francisco, CA (argued); Francis Chin, Oakland, CA; and Melanie Morgan, Oakland, CA, for the defendant-appellant. Deborah S. Reames, Oakland, CA (argued); Anne C. Harper, Oakland, CA; Suma Peesapati, Oakland, CA; Alan M. Ramo, San Francisco, CA; Helen H. Kang, San Francisco, CA; and Marc S. Chytilo, Santa Barbara, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Thelton E. Henderson, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-01-00750-THE. Before: HAWKINS, THOMAS,…