NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION v. WESTPHAL

No. Civ.A. 98-2700(EGS).

116 F.Supp.2d 49 (2000)

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dr. Joseph WESTPHAL, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Hecker, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Aimee S. Bevan, Daniel G. Steele, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Div., General Litigation Section, Washington, DC, James E. Merritt, Jr., General Attorney, U.S. Army Engineer, Dist., Vicksburg, MS, J. Michael Klise, R. Timothy McCrum, Ellen B. Steen, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, Charles S. Tindall, III, Greenville, MS, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

The National Wildlife Federation and individual plaintiffs challenge the decision of the Army Corps of Engineers ("Corps") approving the Big Sunflower River Maintenance Project ("the project") in northwestern Mississippi. In Count I, plaintiffs allege that the Corps' decision violates the Water Resources Development Acts ("WRDA)" of 1986 and 1996, 33 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq. because the...

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