Legal Opinion
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Fund, Inc. v. City of Atlanta
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 19, 2012No. 10-10711, 10-10718PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Per curiam
A federal Clean Water Act lawsuit filed against the City of Atlanta in 1995 resulted in two-consent , decrees requiring Atlanta to clean up its sewer system. Ten years later Sandy Springs incorporated, which led to state court proceedings to determine whether Atlanta would be allowed to continue to supply Sandy Springs with water. Atlanta had pledged its water service revenue as part of the collateral for bonds that were issued to finance its compliance with the sewer system consent decrees. Atlanta persuaded the same district court that had issued the sewer system consent decrees to enjoin…
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