Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. Lujan
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1991No. 90-1183PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by the United States Department of the Interior and its Bureau of Reclamation requires us to interpret certain provisions of the Clean Water Act to determine whether Congress has waived the United States’ sovereign immunity and authorized the assessment of civil penalties against federal agencies for violations of the Act.
The plaintiffs, Sierra Club and Colorado Environmental Coalition, filed this citizen suit under Section 505(a) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a), seeking mandatory and declaratory relief and civil penalties against the Department…
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