United States DC Circuit
CHIPPEWA & FLAMBEAU IMPROVEMENT CO. v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N, 01-1329
The FERC properly determined that a reservoir was "necessary or appropriate" to a project, and that projects downstream constituted a complete unit of development, so that a license for the reservoir was required under the Federal Power Act.
Appellate Information
- Argued 11/18/2002
- Decided 04/18/2003
- Published 04/18/2003
Judges
- Before: GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States DC Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John A. Whittaker IV argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was William J. Madden Jr.
- For Appellees:
- Robert H. Solomon, Associate Solicitor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Cynthia A. Marlette, General Counsel, and Dennis Lane, Solicitor.