Legal Opinion
Town of Norfolk and Town of Walpole v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 15, 1992No. 91-2215PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
On this appeal, the Towns of Walpole and Norfolk challenge the decision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) to issue a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act 1 to allow the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (“MWRA”) to place fill in an artificial wetland located in the Town of Walpole and adjacent to the Town of Norfolk. 2 The district court, in a comprehensive opinion, found that the Corps’ determinations under Section 404 were not arbitrary, capricious or otherwise not in accordance with law and therefore it granted summary judgment in favor…
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