Legal Opinion
Charles Gunn v. United States Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Conservation Service
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1997No. 96-3995PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.
Charles Gunn filed this action in the District Court 1 to challenge the Soil Conservation Service’s (SCS’s 2 ) determination that certain parts of his farmland were converted wetlands and could therefore not be farmed without his losing eligibility for certain farm benefit programs. The District Court held that the SCS’s regulations are a reasonable interpretation of the pertinent statute, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3801, 3821-24, and that the SCS’s determination that the lands were wetlands was supported by substantial evidence. The Court dismissed Gunn’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Knetsch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Loveladies Harbor, Inc. And Loveladies Harbor, Unit D, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1994
- Leslie Downer v. United States of America, Acting by and Through the United States Department of Agriculture and Soil Conservation ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Hempstead County And Nevada County Project: Landfill Committee v. United States Environmental Protection AgencyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Andre L. Phillips v. Richard P. Seiter, Glenn Watson v. Jeffrey J. ClarkCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Stahl v. United States Department Of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
- Dahn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1997
- First Chicago Nbd Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
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