U.S. v. ROBERTSON

No. 16-30178.

875 F.3d 1281 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph David ROBERTSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Donahoe (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Anthony R. Gallagher , Federal Defender; Federal Defenders of Montana, Helena, Montana; for Defendant-Appellant.

John David Gunter II (argued) and Robert Stockman , Attorneys; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Bryan R. Whittaker and Eric E. Nelson , Office of the United States Attorney, Helena, Montana; for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Roger I. Roots , Livingston, Montana, for Amici Curiae The Constitution Society and Founder and President Jon Roland.

Anthony L. François , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, for Amici Curiae Chantell and Michael Sackett, John Duarte, and Duarte Nursery Inc.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Ronald M. Gould, Circuit Judges, and Barbara Jacobs Rothstein, District Judge.


OPINION

Between October 2013 and October 2014, Joseph David Robertson excavated and constructed a series of ponds on National Forest System Lands and on the privately owned Manhattan Lode mining claim. In the process of creating these ponds, Robertson discharged dredged...

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