Legal Opinion
United States v. D.J. Cooper
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 28, 2007No. 05-4956PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge TRAXLER joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
D.J. Cooper was convicted by a jury on nine counts of knowingly discharging a pollutant from a point source into waters of' the United States, in violation' of the Federal Water Pollution Control " Act Amendments of 1972, as amended 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. (2000), commonly known as the Clean Water Act (“CWA” or “the Act”). He claims that the district court should have granted an acquittal for lack of sufficient evidence, in part because the government…
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