SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER v. CARGILL SALT DIV.

Nos. 99-16032, 99-16105, 00-15617 and 00-15738.

263 F.3d 963 (2001)

SAN FRANCISCO BAYKEEPER; Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge; Michael R. Lozeau, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CARGILL SALT DIVISION; Cargill, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants, and Morton Salt, Defendant. San Francisco Baykeeper; Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Michael R. Lozeau, Plaintiff, v. Cargill Salt Division; Cargill, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees, and Morton Salt, Defendant. San Francisco Baykeeper; Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge; Michael R. Lozeau, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Cargill Salt Division; Cargill, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellants, and Morton Salt, Defendant. San Francisco Baykeeper; Citizens Committee to Complete the Refuge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Michael R. Lozeau, Plaintiff, v. Cargill Salt Division; Cargill, Incorporated; Morton Salt, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie G. Landau, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, LLP, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellants/appellees.

Joseph A. Hearst, Berkeley, California; Michael R. Lozeau, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund, Stanford, California, for the plaintiffs-appellees/appellants.

David C. Shilton, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; David B. Glazer, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, San Francisco, California; Peter L. Gray, McKenna & Cuneo, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gary J. Kushner, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, Washington, D.C.; James N. Christman, David O. Ledbetter, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Virginia; Paul B. Campos, San Ramon, California; Jeffrey R. Chanin, Keker & Van Nest, LLP, San Francisco, California; Jocelyn D. Larkin, Berkeley, California, for the amici curiae.

Before: William C. CANBY, Jr., Michael Daly HAWKINS, and Ronald M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted July 9, 2001 — San Francisco, California.

ORDER

Two major developments, in the form of United States Supreme Court decisions, have occurred since the district court rendered its decision in this action brought under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1376, and they require that we vacate the judgment and remand for further proceedings.

First, the Supreme Court decided Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook...

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