Legal Opinion
Driscoll v. Adams
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 23, 1999No. 98-8532PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs David and Barbara Driscoll and Ruel and Patricia Galbreath appeal the district court’s award of summary judgment to • defendant Ross Adams on their Clean Water Act claim, which arose out of Adams’ discharge of allegedly polluted stormwater into a stream running from his property to ponds on their properties. Adams argues that the district court was correct in concluding that he is not subject to liability under the Clean Water Act because the Act imposed an impossible condition by requiring him to obtain a discharge permit that was unavailable in the state of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Environmental Protection Agency v. California Ex Rel. State Water Resources Control BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter, Plaintiff-Counter v. Cedar Point Oil Company Inc., Defendant-Counter Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Terence D. Hughey v. Jms Development Corporation, Terrence D. Hughey v. Jms Development Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. CostleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Stream Pollution Control Board of the State of Indiana, and Zarko Sekerez, Proposed Intervenor v. United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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