United States DC Circuit

Dismissal of defendants' challenge to the district court's approval of a settlement agreement, concerning the water rights associated with a dam, is affirmed on the ground that defendants' appeals lack jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/08/2005
• Decided 03/04/2005
• Published 03/04/2005

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, Chief Judge, and HENDERSON and GARLAND, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James T. Banks and William S. Cox, III argued the causes for appellants State of Florida and State of Alabama.  Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Christopher M. Kise, Solicitor General, Parker Thomson, Lauren James Caster, Donald G. Blankenau and R. Craig Kneisel, Assistant Attorneys General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Alabama, and Matthew Lembke, Warren B. Lightfoot, and W. Larkin Radney IV were on brief., Mary Maclean Asbill and Deborah M. Murray were on the brief of amici curiae Alabama Rivers Alliance, et al. in support of appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael T. Gray, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Bruce P. Brown and Clinton A. Vince argued the causes for the appellees.   Robert A. Oakley, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Attorney General's Office of the State of Georgia, R. Todd Silliman, William M. Droze, J. Cathy Fogel, David A. Fitzgerald, Edward J. McGrath, Patricia T. Barmeyer and Lewis B. Jones were on brief., Susan N. Kelly and Wallace F. Tillman were on the joint brief of amici curiae American Public Power Association et al. in support of the appellees.