California dropped its lawsuit this week against the Trump administration over the federal government’s decision to pull $4 billion in funding for the state’s long-delayed high-speed rail project.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority filed a notice of voluntary dismissal on Dec. 23 in the case with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. The dismissal is without prejudice, meaning the lawsuit could be refiled in the future.
The dismissal came two weeks after U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd rejected the U.S. Department of Justice’s argument that the authority should have filed its lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims….