Legal Opinion
Ecological Rights Foundation Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation v. Pacific Lumber Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 30, 2000No. 99-17076PublishedCited by 244 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff organizations Ecological Rights Foundation (“ERF”) and Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation (“Mateel”) brought this lawsuit against Pacific Lumber Company alleging various violations of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, better known as the Clean Water Act, see 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., at Pacific Lumber’s Yager Camp and Carlotta mill operations in Humboldt County, California. The district court granted Pacific Lumber’s motion for summary judgment on the ground that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue. ERF and Mateel appeal the district…
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