Legal Opinion
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Chevron Chemical Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1997No. 96-40590PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to the citizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a), Friends of the Earth, Incorporated (FOE) sued Chevron Chemical Company for violating the terms of its National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. After a three-day bench trial, the district court dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the grounds that FOE lacked associational standing because it had *827no members under corporate law. We reverse and remand.
I. Background
FOE is a non-profit corporation organized under the laws of the District of…
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