Legal Opinion
Libby Rod and Gun Club v. John Poteat
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 15, 1979No. 78-3297, 78-3307PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a preliminary injunction which enjoined construction of the Libby Additional Units and Reregulation Dam (hereinafter LAURD) on the Kootenai River in Montana.1
The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950 (the Act), Pub.L. 516, 64 Stat. 170 (May 17, 1950). Construction began on the main dam in 1966, and was completed in 1973. The Act authorized ten generators for the Libby Dam. Four were installed originally in the dam, and the Corps of Engineers (the Corps) intends to add four more as part of the LAURD project.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Tennessee Valley Authority v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Greene v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. SloanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. City & County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by21 opinions
- California v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Eva Wilson, and Association of Village Council Presidents v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Sierra Club v. AndrusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- State of Cal. v. BerglandDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1980
- State Ex Rel. Montana Wilderness Ass'n v. Board of Natural Resources & ConservationMontana Supreme Court · 1982
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