SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. TX-87-36-CA.

745 F.Supp. 388 (1990)

SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, Texas Water Conservation Association, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, Donald Paul Hodel, in his official capacity as Secretary of Interior, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Frank H. Dunkel, in his official capacity as Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and Little Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club, Defendants, The Sierra Club and the National Audubon Society, Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Texarkana Division.

August 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Burchette, Christine Ryan, Jorden Schulte & Burchette, Washington, D.C., and Carl Roberts, Longview, Tex., Frank R. Booth, Booth & Newsome, Austin, Tex., for Sabine River Authority and Texas Water Conservation Ass'n, respectively.

Ruth Harris Yeager, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Lisa Hemmer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Joseph I. Worsham, Dallas, Tex., for Federal defendants and Little Sandy Club, respectively.

Wendy S. Dinner, Washington, D.C., for Sierra Club and National Audubon Society.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL N. BROWN, District Judge.

Pending before the Court are Motions for Summary Judgment filed by all parties. After carefully reviewing all of the motions and supporting briefs, the lengthy administrative record, and the applicable law, the Court finds that the motions of the defendants should be granted and those of the plaintiffs denied.

I. BACKGROUND

The dispute in this case concerns the decision of the...

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