Aluminum Company of America, Badin Works, Badin, North Carolina v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

RICHARD L. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Aluminum Company of America (“Alcoa”) has appealed an order of the district court denying Alcoa’s Motion to Quash an Administrative Search Warrant obtained and executed by the Environmental Protection Agency to search Alcoa’s Badin Works, Badin, North Carolina. The district judge referred Alcoa’s motion to the United States magistrate, who filed proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law denying the motion. Upon appeal to the district court, these proposals were affirmed as being not clearly erroneous or contrary to law and Alcoa…