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BUNCH v. HODEL

No. 85-5702.

793 F.2d 129 (1986)

George BUNCH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald HODEL, Defendant, Gary T. Myers, Executive Director of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Larry E. Nunn, John D. Graham, Les Hill, Johnny Bellis, Jim Carmichel, Norma Crow, Charles A. Howell, III, Tommy Knowles, Frank Madlinger and Charles Peavyhouse, Commissioners of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 17, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen., of Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., Michael D. Pearigen, Mary E. Walker (argued), for defendants-appellants.

Alf Adams (argued), Nashville, Tenn., Edward Hall, Brentwood, Tenn., C. Kinian Cosner, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before: MARTIN and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges; and CHURCHILL, District Judge.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

Landowners, business owners, guides and others on Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee, brought this action to enjoin the United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency from proceeding further with a controversial drawdown of water 5.8 feet below the normal pool level of Reelfoot Lake. The drawdown would expose fifty percent of the lake's bed to the drying action of sun and wind...

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