Legal Opinion
Monongahela Power Co. v. Marsh
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 13, 1987No. Nos. 81-1201, 81-1203 and 81-1282PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by
Circuit Judge SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III. SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
The Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972,1 in Section 301(a), make generally unlawful the discharge of any pollutant into the navigable waters of the United States.2 This legislation, however, in Section 404(a), authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to issue permits for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters at specified disposal sites.3 The single issue posed by these consolidated appeals is…
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- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Morton v. MancariSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Watt v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Friends of the Earth v. HallDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1988
- National Wildlife Federation v. Consumers Power Co.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 1987
- Kingman Park Civic Ass'n v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1999
- California Trout, Inc. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Southern California Edison CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
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