Legal Opinion
United States v. Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 30, 2004No. Nos. 02-30035, 02-30046PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
David Phillips appeals his criminal conviction for violation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and conspiracy. We have juris*652diction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Because the facts are known to the parties, we do not recite them here.1
I. Phillips’ Motions to Dismiss the Indictment
Many of Phillips’ arguments assert that the district court erred when it refused to dismiss the indictment against him. Phillips based several of his arguments on an estoppel theory.2 The court correctly concluded that Phillips’ claim of reliance upon the Army Corps of Engineers’ letter rested…
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- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Staples v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Bartkus v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Phillips v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- United States v. Leyva-FrancoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004