· 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
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- 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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