Legal Opinion
Halaco Engineering Co. v. Costle
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1988No. 84-6456PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), appeals the dismissal of its counterclaim against Halaco Engineering Company (“Halaco”). In the underlying action, Halaco sought declaratory relief from the EPA’s proposed action against Halaco for violating Section 301(a) of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”), 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a), by discharging pollutants into an area of wetlands without a permit. EPA counterclaimed. The counterclaim was dismissed by the district court because of the EPA’s abuses of the discovery process. The district court apparently relied on Fed.R.Civ. P.…
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