News Brief: Court Rejects Judicial Review of Data Quality Act - June 29, 2004 Vol.5, No.13

June 29, 2004 Vol.5, No.13:

Published: 06/28/2004

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News Brief: Court Rejects Judicial Review of Data Quality Act

In the first ever court decision to address the Data Quality Act, a federal district court in Minnesota has held that the Act does not permit petitioners to seek judicial review.

The DQA issue was just one of many complaints targeting the plans of the Army Corps of Engineers and the Fish and Wildlife Service for management of the Missouri River. Several different causes of action were consolidated by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and referred to the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana. The resulting 51-page opinion disposed of the entirety of the case by granting the government's motions for summary judgment. Although the DQA issue received a scant page of discussion, it remains significant nonetheless as the first court decision to address the DQA.

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