Legal Opinion
Mississippi River Basin Alliance v. Westphal
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 23, 2000No. 99-31235PublishedCited by 231 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
BACKGROUND
On October 2, 1996, a coalition of environmental and wildlife conservation groups (“Conservation Groups”) filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief to prevent the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) from proceeding with a flood control project known as the Mississippi River Mainline Levee Enlargement and Berm Construction Project (“Project”). The Project involves 1,610 miles of authorized levees and berms and associated seepage control measures along the Mississippi River, including the levees, all lands between the…
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