United States Ninth Circuit
Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance v. US Army Corps of Engineers, 11-35459
In an action by property owners who live downstream from the hydroelectric power plant at the Snoqualmie Falls in Washington and would be subject to exacerbated flooding if the plant lowers the dam located in the channel above the falls in order to mitigate upstream flooding problems, the District Court's grant of summary judgment to the Corps, the organization responsible for permitting a portion of plant's dam project, is affirmed where the Corps' interpretation of its own regulations is entitled to judicial deference.
Appellate Information
- Decided 06/26/2012
- Published 06/26/2012
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- United States Ninth Circuit