Legal Opinion
United States v. Commodore Club, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided April 27, 1976No. Crim. 5-80037PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
PHILIP PRATT, District Judge.
I
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This case was brought as a criminal prosecution against the named corporate and individual defendants on an indictment charging them with violating § 403 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 1 which is punishable as a misdemeanor under § 406 of that Act. Section 403 states, in part:
“The creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any waters of. the United States is prohibited; . and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the…
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