United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's Record of Decision regarding the operation of dams in the State of Washington complies with the state's water quality standards for temperature, as required by the Clean Water Act's incorporation of state water quality law.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/08/2004
• Decided 10/04/2004
• Published 10/04/2004

Judges

• Before BRUNETTI, McKEOWN, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kristen L. Boyles, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., David Cummings, Nez Perce Tribe Office of Legal Counsel, Lapwai, ID, for the plaintiff-intervenor-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sylvia Quast, United States Department of Justice, WA, D.C., for the defendant-appellee., Beth S. Ginsberg, Laurie K. Beale, Stoel Rives, Seattle, WA, for the defendants-intervenors-appellees.