Legal Opinion
Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 6, 2012No. 11-60302PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, Circuit Judge:
The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners (the “Board”) appeals the district court’s decision granting summary judgment to the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), Lisa P. Jackson, Nancy Stoner, the Mississippi Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, Gulf Restoration Network, and American Rivers (collectively, “Appellees”), on the Board’s claim that the EPA improperly exercised its power to veto a plan to reduce flooding in Mississippi, called the Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps Project (the “Pumps Project” or “Project”). Specifically, the Board…
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