Legal Opinion
United States v. South Florida Water Management District
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 24, 1992No. 88-1886-CIVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ENTERING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS CONSENT DECREE
HOEVELER, District Judge.
The Court on this day approves and enters as a consent decree the settlement agreement (“Agreement”) executed by plaintiff United States and defendants South Florida Water Management District (“District”) and the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (“DER”). 1
The Agreement resolves all claims by the original parties in a complex environmental lawsuit filed more than three years ago by the United States against the District and DER for alleged contamination of the Loxahatchee National…
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- United States of America, Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Florida Keys Citizen Coalition, Florida Audubon Society, Florida Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Wilderness Society, National Parks & Conservation Association, Defenders of Wildlife and Treasure Coast Environmental Coalition, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Intervenor v. Southern Florida Water Management District and Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Tilford Creel, Defendants-Counterclaim Carol Browner, City of Belle Glade, City of Clewiston, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau, Inc., Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., Roth Farms, Inc. And K.W.B. Farms, Intervenor-Defendants- Counterclaim, Plaintiffs- Appellants- Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Intervenor-Defendant, South Bay Growers, Inc., Movant, Colonel Bruce A. Malson, Counterclaim United States of America, Plaintiff-Counterclaim Florida Keys Citizen Coalition, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, Florida Audubon Society, Intervenor-Plaintiffs v. South Florida Water Management Division, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Defendants-Counterclaim Tilford Creel, City of Belle Glade, City of Clewiston, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants, West Palm Beach County Farm, Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., Roth Farms, Inc. And K.W.B. Farms, Intervenor-Defendants-Counterclaim, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Intervenor-Defendant, South Bay Growers, Inc., Movant, Colonel Bruce A. Malson, CounterclaimCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994