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· 7/26/2004

United States v. John A. Rapanos Judith A. Nelkie Rapanos Prodo, Inc. Rolling Meadows Hunt Club Pine River Bluff Estates, Inc.

Citations

  • 376 F.3d 629
  • 34 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20060
  • 59 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 341
  • 58 ERC (BNA) 2000
  • 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 15354

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that CWA jurisdiction over “adjacent wetlands” requires a significant nexus between the wetlands and navigable waters, “which can be satisfied by the presence of a hydrological connection”
  • wetlands with a surface water connection to tributaries of navigable waters are subject to CWA jurisdiction

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Judges: Siler, Gibbons, Reeves

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