Legal Opinion
Town of Huntington v. Marsh
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 19, 1988No. 1383, Docket 88-6095PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:
The Long Island Sound (the “Sound”) is host to a myriad of recreational and industrial uses, including swimming, boating and fishing. Recreational users, commercial fisheries and environmentalists share a sometimes uneasy co-existence with use of the Sound as a waste dumping ground. Marinas and harbors which line the Sound must be dredged periodically to provide safe berthing for pleasure craft, commercial fishing boats, and military ships. The spoil from these dredging operations has for decades been dumped into the Sound. This litigation arises out of the ongoing…
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