Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Hughes River Watershed Conservancy, an Unincorporated Association Sierra Club, a Corporation West Virginia Rivers Coalition, a Corporation Russell Richards Wilson Lewis Davis Jettie B. Stanley Ted Richards, and West Virginia Citizen Action Group, a Corporation v. Daniel R. Glickman, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Charles B. Felton, in His Official Capacity as Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Paul W. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Chief Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Arthur E. Williams, Lieutenant General, in His Official Capacity as Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers Robert L. Bensey, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Fred Fields, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia, and Mike Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Rollin Swank, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture John Sims, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia James B. Lawrence, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Tourism and Parks Jesse L. White, Doctor, in His Official Capacity as Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, American Rivers, Incorporated, Amicus Curiae
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No. 716622
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Hughes River Watershed Conservancy, an Unincorporated Association Sierra Club, a Corporation West Virginia Rivers Coalition, a Corporation Russell Richards Wilson Lewis Davis Jettie B. Stanley Ted Richards, and West Virginia Citizen Action Group, a Corporation v. Daniel R. Glickman, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Charles B. Felton, in His Official Capacity as Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Paul W. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Chief Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Arthur E. Williams, Lieutenant General, in His Official Capacity as Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers Robert L. Bensey, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Fred Fields, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia, and Mike Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Rollin Swank, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture John Sims, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia James B. Lawrence, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Tourism and Parks Jesse L. White, Doctor, in His Official Capacity as Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, American Rivers, Incorporated, Amicus Curiae
No. 716622 · Decided April 12, 1996
No. 716622·Fourth Circuit · 1996·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
April 12, 1996
Citation
No. 716622
Disposition
See opinion text.
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Hughes River Watershed Conservancy, an Unincorporated Association Sierra Club, a Corporation West Virginia Rivers Coalition, a Corporation Russell Richards Wilson Lewis Davis Jettie B. Stanley Ted Richards, and West Virginia Citizen Action Group, a Corporation v. Daniel R. Glickman, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Charles B. Felton, in His Official Capacity as Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Paul W. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Chief Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Arthur E. Williams, Lieutenant General, in His Official Capacity as Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers Robert L. Bensey, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Fred Fields, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia, and Mike Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Rollin Swank, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture John Sims, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia James B. Lawrence, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Tourism and Parks Jesse L. White, Doctor, in His Official Capacity as Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, American Rivers, Incorporated, Amicus Curiae is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
FlawCheck shows no negative treatment for Hughes River Watershed Conservancy, an Unincorporated Association Sierra Club, a Corporation West Virginia Rivers Coalition, a Corporation Russell Richards Wilson Lewis Davis Jettie B. Stanley Ted Richards, and West Virginia Citizen Action Group, a Corporation v. Daniel R. Glickman, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Charles B. Felton, in His Official Capacity as Director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Paul W. Johnson, in His Official Capacity as Chief Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Arthur E. Williams, Lieutenant General, in His Official Capacity as Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers Robert L. Bensey, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture Fred Fields, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia, and Mike Espy, in His Official Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture Rollin Swank, in His Official Capacity as State Conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture John Sims, in His Official Capacity as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District, a Political Subdivision of the State of West Virginia James B. Lawrence, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Tourism and Parks Jesse L. White, Doctor, in His Official Capacity as Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, American Rivers, Incorporated, Amicus Curiae in the current circuit citation data.
This case was decided on April 12, 1996.
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