United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit alleging violations of the Clean Water Act, the Court reversed the district court's dismissal of the case, finding that the intent-to-sue letter provided sufficient notice of plaintiff's claims, and affirmed the district court's denial of attorney's fees.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/08/2004
• Decided 07/16/2004
• Published 07/16/2004

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before:  B. FLETCHER, REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Chief IT Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew L. Packard, Eric Wildgrube and Katharine Essick, Law Offices of Andrew L. Packard, and Leo O'Brien and Shana Lazerow, WaterKeepers Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dennis M. Hauser, Hauser & Mouzes, Woodbridge, CA, for the defendants-appellees., Dennis M. Hauser, Hauser & Mouzes, Woodbridge, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Robert S. Perlmutter and Erin Ryan, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, Andrew L. Packard, and Leo O'Brien and Shana Lazerow, WaterKeepers Northern California, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.