Legal Opinion
Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 2015No. 14-12357PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
In this complex environmental case, plaintiffs Black Warrior Riverkeeper and Defenders of Wildlife appeal from the district court’s grant of final summary judgment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as well as to the Alabama Coal Association and several mining companies, which intervened in the proceedings below.1 Riverkeeper challenges the 2012 version of Nationwide Permit 21 (“NWP *127521”), a general permit that allows surface coal mining operations to discharge dredged or fill materials into navigable waters. Riverkeeper essentially argues that the Corps…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Lujan v. National Wildlife FederationSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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