Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Blaine Boyd
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1973No. 72-2620PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIGEL, District Judge:
This case presents a question of first impression as to the validity of Regulations of the Department of the Interior prohibiting discharges of oil into the navigable waters of the United States. As applied to the facts in this case, we have concluded that both the regulations and the statute upon which they are based are valid.
Appellant Robert Blaine Boyd was charged by information with violation of 33 U.S.C. § 1161(b) (4) which declares it to be a crime for any captain of a vessel in United States navigable waters to fail to notify immediately the “appropriate”…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Gray v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Commissioner v. AckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Department of EcologyWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- Hercules Inc. v. Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Corbin Farm ServiceDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1978
- Marshall v. Whirlpool Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Bangor Baptist Church v. Maine, Department of Educational & Cultural ServicesDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1982
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