By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
Lawyers for South Mountain Freeway opponents appeared to receive a tepid response to their arguments from a three-judge federal appellate court panel at a hearing last week.
Attorneys for Ahwatukee-based Protect Arizona’s Resources and Children and the Gila River Indian Community made their case in just over 25 minutes on Oct. 19 at a hearing in San Francisco before the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.