Legal Opinion
Mattaponi Indian Tribe v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 2, 2001No. Record 000509; Record 992575PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE COMPTON
delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this environmental litigation arising under laws dealing with the quality of state waters, the sole question presented in these appeals is whether certain protesters to state action have standing to seek judicial review of such action in a state court.
In July 1993, the City of Newport News applied to the State Water Control Board (the Board) for a Virginia Water Protection Permit (the state permit) for the City’s proposed King William Reservoir public water supply project. This application was filed pursuant to § 401 of the federal…
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