SIERRA CLUB v. GLICKMAN

No. 95-50672.

82 F.3d 106 (1996)

SIERRA CLUB; Clark Hubbs, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Dan GLICKMAN, Secretary, Department of Agriculture; United States Department of Agriculture, Defendants, American Farm Bureau Federation; State of Texas, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 2, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Nelson Henry, Amy Ruth Johnson, Henry, Lowerre, Johnson, Hess & Frederick, Austin, TX, Pieter M. Schenkkan, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon and Moody, Austin, TX, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Charles R. Shockey, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for defendants.

Douglas G. Caroom, Sydney W. Falk, Jr., John Knox, Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, Austin, TX, for movant-appellant.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JONES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Sierra Club filed suit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") alleging that numerous of its activities, including the subsidization of and failure to establish conservation programs for farmers in central and western Texas, have led to over-pumping of the Edwards Aquifer. This over-pumping, the Sierra Club complains, has in turn threatened endangered species and caused water pollution, in violation of numerous federal laws. The American...

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