Legal Opinion
United States v. Moses
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 3, 2007No. 06-30379PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Despite numerous warnings over the years, Charles Lynn Moses continued to do work in the channel of Teton Creek in Idaho for the purpose of rerouting, reshaping and otherwise controlling the flow of the waters of the Creek. The government finally prosecuted him for violating the Clean Water Act (CWA). See 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1387. He was convicted and sentenced, and now appeals. He claims that there was no discharge of pollutants into the waters of the United States. We disagree and affirm.
BACKGROUND
Moses is a real estate broker and developer in Driggs, Idaho. Beginning…
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