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UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH G. MORETTI, INC.

No. 71-3137.

478 F.2d 418 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH G. MORETTI, INC., and Joseph G. Moretti, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Robert Terry, Joseph A. McGowan, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Kenneth G. Oertel, George A. Kokus, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before John R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Proving again that legislative intent frequently comes to exceed even the wildest imagination of those responsible for enactment, it is ironic that as a product of a laissez-faire society, a 19th Century act is now once again the effective tool in this decade's awakening awareness of the importance of man's environment. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 18991—itself the product of congressional dissatisfaction...

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