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UNITED STATES v. BOYD

No. 72-2620.

491 F.2d 1163 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Blaine BOYD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond W. Haman (argued), Lane, Powell, Moss & Miller, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Bruce Carter, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Kent Frizzell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Seattle, Wash., Edmund B. Clark, Peter R. Steenland, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HAMLIN and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge.

WEIGEL, District Judge:

This case presents a question of first impression as to the validity of Regulations of the Department of the Interior prohibiting discharges of oil into the navigable waters of the United States. As applied to the facts in this case, we have concluded that both the regulations and the statute upon which they are based are valid.

Appellant Robert Blaine Boyd was charged by information with violation of 33 U.S.C. § 1161(b)(4) which...

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