Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph G. Moretti, Inc., and Joseph G. Moretti, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1973No. 71-3137PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Proving again that legislative intent frequently comes to exceed even the wildest imagination of those responsible for enactment, it is ironic that as a product of a laissez-faire society, a 19th Century act is now once again the effective tool in this decade’s awakening awareness of the importance of man’s environment. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 1 — itself the product of congressional dissatisfaction with the consequences of the Supreme Court’s Willamette Iron Bridge Co. v. Hatch, 1888, 125 U.S. 1, 8 S.Ct. 811, 31 L.Ed. 629, holding that there was no…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Vitarelli v. SeatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Federal Power Commission v. Louisiana Power & Light Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Republic Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Save the Bay, Inc. v. Administrator of the Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Norfolk & Western Company v. United States of America, and Dunbar & Sullivan Dredging CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Sidney F. Brown, Jr. v. David C. Lundgren, Warden, Federal Correctional InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Sexton Cove Estates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Weiszmann v. District Engineer, U. S. Army Corps of EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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