United States Fourth Circuit

The district court correctly held that plaintiff-citizen groups satisfied the jurisdictional requirements for a citizen suit under section 505(a) of the Clean Water Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/26/2005
• Decided 06/21/2005
• Published 06/21/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Richard Edward Schwartz, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Carolyn Smith Pravlik, Terris, Pravlik & Millian, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Kirsten L. Nathanson, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C.;  Reef C. Ivey, II, Shanahan Law Group, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Bruce J. Terris, Terris, Pravlik & Millian, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.