United States of America, Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Plaza Health Laboratories, Inc., Geronimo Villegas, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Gerónimo Villegas appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Edward R. Korman, Judge, convicting him of two counts of knowingly discharging pollutants into the Hudson River in violation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). See 33 U.S.C. §§ 1311 and 1319(c)(2). The government cross-appeals, claiming the district court erred in its post-verdict grant of a judgment of acquittal on two counts of violating the knowing-endangerment provisions of the act. See 33 U.S.C. § 1319(c)(3).

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

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