United States Fifth Circuit

The district court properly dismissed plaintiff's suit to rescind a 33 U.S.C. section 1344 dredge and fill permit issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of a ten-berth cargo and cruise ship terminal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2005
• Published 08/08/2005

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James B. Blackburn, Jr. (argued), Blackburn & Carter, Houston, TX, for City of Shoreacres, City of Taylor Lake Village, Texas, Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation Ass'n, Texas Committee on Natural Resources, Galveston Bay Foundation, Houston Yacht Club, Professionals Involved in Seafood Concerned Enterprises, Gulf Restoration Network and City of El Lago., Judith R. Blakeway, Strasburger & Price, San Antonio, TX, for City of Seabrook., John A. Bryson (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for District-U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Robert B. Flowers, Les Brownlee and United States Army Corps of Engineers., Sharon M. Mattox (argued), Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Port of Houston Authority., Nathan Allan Wesely, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, for West Gulf Maritime Ass'n, Amicus Curiae., Gregory Thomas Broderick, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Pacific Legal Foundation and John A. Rapanos, Amici Curiae., Anthony G. Buzbee, Buzbee Law Firm, Galveston, TX, for International Longshoremen's Ass'n Local No. 24, International Longshoremen's Ass'n Local No. 28, International Longshoremen's Ass'n Local No. 1530 and International Longshoremen's Ass'n Local No. 1351, Amici Curiae.