Legal Opinion
American Canoe Ass'n v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided April 29, 1999No. 98-979-APublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
In this suit, the American Canoe Association and American Littoral Society assert that the Clean Water Act 1 (CWA) and the Endangered Species Act 2 (ESA), in conjunction with the Administrative Procedure Act 3 (APA), impose various nondis-cretionary and discretionary duties on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and that EPA has failed to perform these duties. This matter comes before the Court on EPA’s motion for a protective order limiting discovery to the administrative record and striking plaintiffs’ amended discovery requests.…
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3Cited by9 opinions
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