United States Sixth Circuit

Judgment on the administrative record and dismissal of claims in favor of agency defendants in a challenge by plaintiff-municipality to a "dredge and fill" permit issued by defendants pursuant to the Clean Water Act involving an airport expansion project are affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2006
• Published 01/24/2006

Judges

• Before:  KENNEDY, CLAY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Barbara E. Lichman, Chevalier, Allen & Lichman, Costa Mesa, California, for Appellants.  John A. Bryson, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Barbara E. Lichman, Berne C. Hart, Chevalier, Allen & Lichman, Costa Mesa, California, Kevin T. Roberts, Roberts Law Firm, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.  John A. Bryson, Andrew J. Doyle, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.