United States Seventh Circuit

A consent decree entered into voluntarily, at a time when the parties relied on law stating that the EPA could not regulate isolated intrastate wetlands, will not be vacated based on a subsequent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/14/2002
• Decided 09/09/2002
• Published 09/09/2002

Judges

• MANION, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ethan G. Shenkman (argued), DOJ, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Javier H. Rubinstein (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, For Defendants-Appellants.