Area 51 is classifying all information about Area 51 in order to protect themselves from a lawsuit." Citing the State Secrets Privilege, the government petitioned trial judge U.S. District Judge Philip Pro (of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada in Las Vegas) to disallow disclosure of classified documents or examination of secret witnesses, alleging this would expose classified information and threaten national security. When Judge Pro rejected the government's argument, President Bill Clinton issued a Presidential Determination, exempting what it called, "The Air Force's Operating Location Near Groom Lake, Nevada" from environmental disclosure laws. Consequently, Pro dismissed the
Texas State Highway Spur 51 action was deferred, and later this plan of cancelling Spur 51 was gone. Texas State Highway Spur 51 Spur 51 is a state highway spur in Denton, Texas. It starts at State Highway 114 (SH 114), and ends on Elizabethtown Road. The road is not signed, but the designation has not been cancelled. The number originally belonged to Loop 51, designated on September 25, 1939, from U.S. Highway 77 (US 77) through Yoakum to US 77 (now Alternate US 77). The designation was changed to Business US 77-Q on June 21, 1990. The current route was designated on August 28,