Wow. I tried to read that Court Opinion, linked to from Snyder's tweet in the article. It's tough to follow at some points, at least for my plebian brain. One of Moroun's appeals actually contends that,
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...the approval by the Secretary of State of the Crossing Agreement was contrary to Michigan law, and was therefore not an authorized approval under Section 3 of the IBA, and was, in any event, arbitrary and capricious.
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I didn't know people actually used 'arbitrary and capricious' as a legal argument. Regardless, the Court determined that the company couldn't actually show how the law was broken, and it affirmed the previous rulings on the other appeals as well. A good step forward, and hopefully a chapter closed on this saga.