The judge rejected other grounds of challenge, including an allegation that Nice unlawfully discriminated against disabled people.
Rejecting all grounds of challenge, Lord Justice Davis, sitting with Mr Justice King and Judge Michael Stokes, said Sweeney had "reached a conclusion as to what was just and reasonable which was open to him".
All grounds of challenge were dismissed, but anti-HS2 campaigners drew comfort from a split in the three-judge court on the key question of whether a full strategic environmental assessment (SEA) should have been carried out to assess the impact of both HS2 and its alternatives.
We proceed, then, to a consideration of the grounds of challenge to the jurors Denker and Sanford, to see if, in the actual administration of the rule of the statute by the court, the rights of the defendants under the constitution of the United States were in any way impaired or violated.
Sir Brian Leveson, president of the Queen's bench division, who heard the case with Mr Justice Burnett and Judge Peter Thornton QC, said the court "recognised the tragedy" of the loss of Duggan's life, but ruled none of the grounds of challenge had been established.
Mr Justice Ouseley, sitting in London, dismissed the challenge saying that "none of the grounds of challenge succeed".
He added: "The primary ground of challenge is that the inspector reached conclusions about the visual impact of the wind farm and the noise associated with its operation which no reasonable Inspector would have reached.
However, Mr Justice Keith said all grounds of their challenge, including that over the homes, had failed.
Barry Wyatt from Stroud District Council said: "The decision of the High Court not to uphold any of the grounds of the challenge to the lawfulness of the council's decision is great news.
