United States Seventh Circuit
U.S. v. Gerke Excavating, Inc., 04-3941
Summary judgment for the government in a suit alleging violation of the Clean Water Act through the discharge of dredge or fill material is remanded where the new standard for federal jurisdiction over wetlands outlined by Justice Kennedy in Rapanos v. US, 126 S. Ct. 2208 (2006) required factfinding not yet undertaken by the district court.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/22/2006
- Published 09/22/2006
Judges
- PER CURIAM., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Leslie K. Herje (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Gregory T. Broderick (argued), Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.