Legal Opinion
Natural Resources Defense Council Santa Monica Baykeeper, Inc. Terry Tamminen v. California Department of Transportation, and James W. Van Loben Sels
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1996No. 94-56558PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge HALL; Concurrence by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
This dispute is a citizen enforcement action brought pursuant to the citizens’ suit provision of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1365. Plaintiffs-Appellees1 filed suit against Defendants-Appellants, the California Department of Transportation (“Cal-trans”) and its director, James Van Loben Seis, claiming that Caltrans was not in compliance with a Clean Water Act permit that required it to control polluted stormwater runoff from roadways and maintenance yards in Southern California.
The defendants…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Quern v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by109 opinions
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