MISS. RIVER REVIVAL v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN

No. Civ. 99-1596 DDA/FLN, Civ. 99-1597 DDA/FLN.

145 F.Supp.2d 1062 (2001)

MISSISSIPPI RIVER REVIVAL, INC., West Side River Watch, Inc., and Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Defendant. Mississippi River Revival, Inc., West Side River Watch, Inc., and Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. The City of St. Paul, MN, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

May 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Brian Bates, Bates Law Office, St. Paul, Minnesota, for Mississippi River Revival, West Side River Watch, Inc., in Nos. 99-1596 and 99-1597, Mississippi Corridor Neighborhood Coalition, Inc. in No. 99-1596.

Friedrich Anson Paul Siekert, Robert Michael Small, U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, MN, R Justin Smith, US Dept of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S. in Nos. 99-1596 and 99-1597.

Friedrich Anson Paul Siekert, U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, MN, David S. Gualtieri, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Reginald Pallesen, US Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, IL, for Environmental Protection Agency in Nos. 99-1596 and 99-1597.

Corey M. Conover, Carol E Lansing, Minneapolis City Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for City of Minneapolis in No. 99-1596.

Frank E Villaume, III, Peter G. Mikhail, St. Paul City Attorney, St. Paul, MN, for City of St. Paul in No. 99-1597.


ORDER DISMISSING CASES

ALSOP, Senior District Judge.

Standing and mootness are jurisdictional issues that must be addressed prior to consideration of the merits. Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env't, 523 U.S. 83, 101, 118 S.Ct. 1003, 140 L.Ed.2d 210 (1998). The threshold question in these citizen suits under the Clean Water Act ("CWA"), 33 U.S.C. § 1365, is whether a citizen plaintiff's claim to assess civil...

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