Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Andrus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1979No. Nos. 76-1464, 76-1494, 76-1534, 76-1651, 76-1663 and 76-1981PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELY, Circuit Judge:
These appeals stem from the efforts of two environment associations and two private citizens1 to control the pumping of water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (the Delta) into the canals and aqueducts of the California Water Project. The facts are reported fully in the excellent opinion of District Judge Renfrew. Sierra Club v. Morton, 400 F.Supp. 610 (N.D.Cal. 1975). After the first phase of a bifurcated trial the District Court ordered the federal2 and state3 defendants to obtain authorization for the operation of their pumping plants from the United States Army…
2Cases cited69 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by46 opinions
- California v. Sierra ClubSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Norfolk & Western Company v. United States of America, and Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Sierra Club v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Etc. v. Harold BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
- Omar Stratman v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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