Legal Opinion
Hough v. Marsh
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 19, 1982No. Civ. A. 81-1822-NPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DAVID S. NELSON, District Judge.
This case involves an attempt by two individuals, defendants Carroll and Jones, to construct for their private use two residences and a tennis court on a three-acre tract of land abutting Edgartown Harbor on Martha’s Vineyard. A necessary step in this undertaking is the deposit of 6500 cubic yards of landfill on approximately one-quarter acre of wetlands — an action requiring approval by the Army. Corps of Engineers (the Corps) under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. § 1344. At issue here is the propriety of the Corps’…
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