Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Us Environmental Protection Agency, and City of Phoenix, Intervention-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1993No. 91-16310PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:
This case has one issue, intervention as a matter of right. The Sierra Club sued the EPA under the Clean Water Act for a declaratory judgment and an injunction. The relief sought' would require the EPA to change the terms of permits issued to the City of Phoenix for two of its wastewater treatment plants. The district court denied the City’s motion to intervene. We reverse, and hold that the City had a right to intervene.
I. Facts
The Sierra Club and an individual sued the Environmental Protection Agency and its administrators under the citizens’ suit provision of the…
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