Legal Opinion
American Whitewater v. Thomas Tidwell
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 5, 2014No. 13-1960, 13-2016, 13-2017PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge HARRIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.
PAMELA'HARRIS, Circuit Judge:
In 1974, Congress selected the 57 miles of the Chattooga River (the “Chattooga” or the “River”) and 15,432 acres of adjacent land for preservation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (the “WSRA” or the “Act”), 16 U.S.C. § 1274 et seq. (2006). Since then, the United States Forest Service (the “Forest Service”) has managed the Chattooga under the WSRA.
Prior to 2012, longstanding Forest Service policy allowed non-motorized rafting or “floating” 1 on…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Marsh v. Oregon Natural Resources CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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