A COMPENDIUM OF CASE LAW: FEDERAL JURISDICTION OVER "NAVIGABLE WATERS"/"WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES"
American Petroleum Institute
Preface
Executive Summary
Cases (chronological):
1. Gibbons v. Ogden,
9 Wheat. 1, 22 U.S. 1, 6 L.Ed. 23 (1824)
2. New York v. Miln,
36 U.S. 102, 9 L.Ed. 648 (1837)
3. Gilman v. Philadelphia,
70 U.S. (3 Wall.) 713, 18 L.Ed. 96 (1865)
4. The Daniel Ball,
77 U.S. (10 Wall.) 557 (1870)
5. Economy Light & Power Co v. United States,
256 U.S. 113 (1921)
6. United States v. Appalachian Electric Power Co.,
311 U.S. 377 (1940)
7. Oklahoma ex rel. Phillips v. Atkinson Co.,
313 U.S. 508 (1941)
8. United States v. Grand River Dam Authority,
363 U.S. 229 (1960)
9. United States v. Rands,
389 U.S. 121, 88 S.Ct. 265 (1967)
10. United States v. Holland,
373 F.Supp. 665 (M.D.Fla.1974)
11. United States v. Stoeco Homes, Inc.,
498 F.2d 597 (3rd Cir. 1974)
12. United States v. Ashland Oil and Transp.,
504 F.2d 1317 (6th Cir. 1974)
13. United States v. GAF Corporation,
389 F.Supp. 1379 (S.D.Tex. 1975)
14. People of St. of Cal., Etc v. EPA,
511 F.2d 963 (9 th Cir. 1975)
15. National Resources Defense Council v. Callaway,
392 F.Supp. 685 (D.D.C. 1975)
16. United States v. Phelps Dodge Corporation,
391 F.Supp. 1181 (D. Ariz. 1975)
17. Exxon v. Train,
554 F.2d 1310 (5th Cir. 1977)
18. Leslie Salt Co. v. Sierra Club,
578 F.2d 742 (9th Cir. 1978)
19. Ward v. Coleman,
598 F.2d 1187 (10th Cir. 1979)
20. United States v. Earth Sciences, Inc.,
599 F.2d 368 (10th Cir. 1979)
21. United States v. Byrd,
609 F.2d 1204 (7th Cir. 1979)
22. United States v. Texas Pipeline Co.,
611 F.2d 345 (10th Cir. 1979)
23. Avoyelles Sportsmen's League, Inc. v. Marsh,
715 F.2d 897 (5th Cir. 1983)
24. United States v. Saint Bernard Parish,
589 F.Supp. 617 (E.D.La. 1984)
25. Quivira Mining Company v. EPA,
765 F.2d 126 (10th Cir. 1985)
26. Kelley v. United States,
618 F.Supp. 1103 (W.D.Mich. 1985)
27. United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes,
474 U.S. 121, 106 S.Ct. 455 (1985)
28. International Paper Company v. Ouellette,
479 U.S. 481 (1987)
29. McClellan Ecological Seepage Situation (MESS) v. Weinberger,
707 F.Supp. 1182 (E.D.Cal. 1988)
30. Town of Norfolk v. United States Army Corps of Engineers,
968 F.2d 1438 (1st Cir. 1992)
31. United States v. Pozsgai,
999 F.2d 719 (3rd Cir. 1993)
32. Sierra Club v. Colorado Refining Company,
838 F.Supp 1428 (D.Colo. 1993)
33. Village of Oconomowoc Lake v. Dayton Hudson Corp.,
24 F.3d 962 (7th Cir. 1994)
34. Washington Wilderness Coalition v. Hecla Mining Company,
870 F.Supp. 983 (E.D.Wash. 1994)
35. Friends of Sante Fe County v. LAC Minerals, Inc.,
892 F.Supp. 1333 (D.N.M. 1995)
36. State of Georgia v. City of East Ridge, Tennessee,
949 F.Supp. 1571 (N.D.Ga. 1996)
37. United States v. Eidson,
108 F.3d 1336 (11th Cir. 1997)
38. Umatilla Waterquality Protective Association, Inc. v. Smith
Frozen
Foods, Inc., 962 F.Supp. 1312 (D.Oreg. 1997)
39. Williams Pipe Line v. Bayer Corporation,
964 F.Supp. 1300 (S.D. Iowa 1997)
40. United States v. Wilson,
133 F.3d 251 (4th Cir. 1997)
41. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York v. Mobil Corporation,
1998 WL 160820 (N.D.N.Y. 1998)
42. Wademan v. Concra,
13 F.Supp.2d 295 (N.D.NY 1998)
43. United States v. TGR Corporation,
171 F.3d 762 (2nd Cir. 1999)
44. Driscoll v. Adams,
181 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1999)
45. Solid Waste Agency of N. Cook County v
United States Army Corps of Eng'rs, 531 U.S. 159 (2001)
46. Headwaters, Inc. v. Talent Irrigation District,
243 F.3d 526 (9th Cir. 2001)
47. Aiello v. Town of Brookhaven,
136 F.Supp.2d 81 (E.D.NY 2001)
48. United States v. Buday,
138 F. Supp. 1282 (D.Mont. 2001)
49. Rice v. Harken Exploration Co.,
250 F.3d 264 (5th Cir. 2001)
50. Idaho Rural Council v. Bosma,
143 F.Supp.2d 1169 (D. Idaho 2001)
51. Colvin v. United States,
181 F.Supp.2d 1050 (C.D.Cal. 2001)
52. United States v. Lamplight Equestrian Center, Inc.,
54 ERC 1217, 32 ELR 20,
53. California Sportfishing Protection Alliance v. Diablo
Grande, Inc.,
209 F.Supp.2d 1059 (E.D.Cal. 2002)
54. United States v. Interstate General Company,
55 ERC 1167, 32 ELR 20,
(4th Cir. 2002) (unpublished opinion)
55. United States v. RGM Corp.,
222 F.Supp.2d 780 (E.D.Virg. 2002)
56. United States v. Krilich,
303 F.3d 784 (7th Cir. 2002)
57. United States v. New Portland Meadows,
Civ. No. 00-507-AS, 2002 WL 31180956 (D.Or. 2002)
58. Community Ass'n for Restoration v. Bosma Dairy,
305 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 2002)
59. FD&P Enterprises Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Eng'rs,
239 F.Supp.2d 509 (D.N.J. 2003)
60. Carabell v. United States Army Corps of Eng'rs,
257 F.Supp.2d 917 (E.D.Mich. 2003)
61. United States v. Hummel,
Civ. No. 00C5184, 2003 WL 1845365 (N.D.Ill. 2003)
62. United States v. Jones,
267 F.Supp.2d 1349 (M.D.Ga. 2003)
63. United States v. Deaton,
332 F.3d 698 (4th Cir. 2003), cert. denied (2004)
64. United States v. Rueth Development Co.,
335 F.3d 598 (7th Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 124 S.Ct. 835 (2003)
65. North Carolina Shellfish v. Holly Ridge,
278 F.Supp.2d 654 (E.D.NC 2003)
66. United States v. Rapanos,
339 F.3d 447 (6th Cir. 2003), cert. denied (2004)
67. Treacy v. Newdunn Associates, LLP,
344 F.3d 407 (4th Cir. 2003), cert. denied (2004)
68. United States v. Needham,
354 F.3d 340 (5th Cir. 2003)
69. Northern California River Watch v. Healdsburg,
2004 WL 201502 (N.D.Cal. 2004)
Appendix A: Navigable Waters/Waters of the United States Case
Law Matrix
Appendix B: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Clean
Water Act Regulatory Definition of "Waters of the
United States," 68 Fed. Reg. 1991 (Jan. 15, 2003)
Appendix C: Joint Memorandum, EPA and Army Corps Issue Wetlands
Decision (December 16, 2003)
Appendix D: Breakdown of the Thirteen Judicial Circuits
Appendix E: Alphabetical Index of Cases
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