Legal Opinion
United States v. Kennebec Log Driving Company
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 7, 1973No. Civ. 12-77PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
This is a suit by the United States under the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 401 et seq., to enjoin defendant companies from engaging in any further log-driving activities on the upper reaches of the Kennebec River. The government charges (1) that the placing of logs into the river and the construction and maintenance of log-driving “booms” on the river, without the authorization of the Secretary of the Army, create obstructions to the navigable capacity of the Kennebec, in violation of Section 10 of the Act, 33…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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