Legal Opinion
Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Andrus
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1979No. Nos. 76-3133, 76-3506PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Morton, 420 F.Supp. 1037 (D.Mont. 1976).
In 1944, Congress passed the Flood Control Act, 58 Stat. 887, which established water projects throughout the Missouri River Basin. Two of the projects authorized by the Act are the Yellowtail and Boysen Reservoirs located in Montana and Wyoming. The Department of Interior began a program in 1967 for marketing water from these reservoirs for industrial uses. By 1974, when the action was filed, 658,000 acre feet of water…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- City of Davis, a Municipal Corporation v. William T. Coleman, Jr., Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Roosevelt Lathan and Pearline Lathan, His Wife v. John A. Volpe, as Secretary of the United States Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Bruce M. And Dorothy v. Cady v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the Department of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- San Francisco Tomorrow v. George RomneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Bob Marshall Alliance v. HodelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. James R. Schlesinger, Etc., Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. James R. Schlesinger, Etc., Columbia Basin Land Protection Association, Etc., and South Columbia Basin Irrigation District, Plaintiff-Intervenor, and State of Washington and Franklin County, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. James Schlesigner, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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