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Federal court rejects Morouns' appeal to stop Gordie Howe bridge

By ANNALISE FRANK
Crain's Detroit Business
November 22, 2017

-U.S. appeals court rejects Moroun appeal to stop construction of Gordie Howe bridge
-Ruling affirms Michigan-Canada deal
-Another legal setback for the Ambassador Bridge owner

The Tuesday ruling affirmed a deal between Gov. Rick Snyder and Canada to build the new Detroit-Windsor span over the Detroit River near the existing Ambassador Bridge, The Detroit News reported.

The U.S. Court of Appeals Washington D.C. Circuit's Chief Judge Judith Rogers wrote the opinion, agreeing with a state appeals court that also upheld the Michigan-Canada agreement.

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The ruling is another legal setback for Ambassador Bridge owner and billionaire trucking mogul Manuel "Matty" Moroun's Detroit International Bridge Co. and related companies that own land in the Delray neighborhood in southwest Detroit.

The Moroun companies have been fighting the Michigan Department of Transportation's attempt to take about 20 parcels they own in Delray that lies in the pathway of the planned $4.5 billion bridge project.

Moroun family businesses have continued to litigate over the legality of the Gordie Howe bridge project, even while the Canadian government recently gave their bridge company a conditional permit to build a six-lane replacement span to the 88-year-old Ambassador Bridge.

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