U.S. v. SOUTHERN FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DIST.

Nos. 92-4314, 92-4831.

28 F.3d 1563 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, Florida Keys Citizen Coalition, Florida Audubon Society, Florida Wildlife Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, Wilderness Society, National Parks & Conservation Association, Defenders of Wildlife and Treasure Coast Environmental Coalition, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SOUTHERN FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT and Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Tilford Creel, Defendants-Counterclaim Plaintiffs-Appellees, Carol Browner, Defendant-Appellee, City of Belle Glade, City of Clewiston, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Western Palm Beach County Farm Bureau, Inc., Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., Roth Farms, Inc. and K.W.B. Farms, Intervenor-Defendants-Counterclaim, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Intervenor-Defendant, South Bay Growers, Inc., Movant, Colonel Bruce A. Malson, et al., Counterclaim Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant, Florida Keys Citizen Coalition, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, Florida Audubon Society, et al., Intervenor-Plaintiffs, v. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DIVISION, Florida Department of Environmental Regulation, Defendants-Counterclaim Plaintiffs-Appellees, Tilford Creel, et al., Defendants, City of Belle Glade, City of Clewiston, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants, West Palm Beach County Farm, Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc., Roth Farms, Inc. and K.W.B. Farms, Intervenor-Defendants-Counterclaim, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association, Intervenor-Defendant, South Bay Growers, Inc., Movant, Colonel Bruce A. Malson, et al., Counterclaim Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Smith, Tallahassee, FL, for West Palm Beach, County Farm Bureau, Roth Farms, K.W.B. Farms.

Robert H. Blank, Karl E. Hall, Jr., Miami, FL, for City of Clewiston, City of Belle Glade.

William L. Earl, Osmer D. Batcheller, Judith S. Kavanugh, Miami, FL, for Florida Sugar Cane League.

David C. Shilton, Ellen J. Durkee, Appellate Section, Environment Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Susan Hill Ponzoli, Miami, FL, for the U.S.

Robert G. Dreher, Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Washington, DC, David Guest, Sierra Club Legal Defense, Tallahassee, for FL, FAS, SC, NWF, FWF, DOW, ASOTE, WS, NPACA, TCEC, FKCC, EDF.

David A. Crowley, Robert G. Gough, Dept. of Env., Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Dept. of Environmental Regulation.

Paul L. Nettleton, R. Benjamine Reid, Miami, FL, Abner T. Cooper, West Palm Beach, FL, for South Florida Water Management.

Eric C. Christu, Carlton, Fields, Ward, Emmanuel, Smith & Cutler, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Jerry C. Straus, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Wilder, Washington, DC, for Micco-suskee Tribe.

Thomas W. Reese, St. Petersburg, FL, for Florida Keys Citizens Coalition, Inc.

Robert P. Smith, Tallahassee, FL, for WPB County Farm Bureau, Roth Farms and K.W.B. Farms.

Before BLACK, Circuit Judge, DYER, Senior Circuit Judge, and ALAIMO, Senior District Judge.


DYER, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Intervenor defendants appeal an interlocutory order granting an injunction entered by the district court in its Order Entering Settlement Agreement as Consent Decree. They assert lack of jurisdiction and a host of other issues that exceed the scope of their limited right to intervene granted by the prior panel in this case. On the cross-appeal of the United States, the government appeals the judgment of the district court that an impact...

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