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National Wildlife Refuge Association v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Geography
Year
2022
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2022
Status
Action dismissed with prejudice pursuant to joint stipulation.
Geography
Docket number
5:23-cv-00080
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia (S.D. Ga.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Clean Water Act (US)
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Clean Water Act (CWA)
At issue
Challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reinstatement of approved jurisdictional determinations for 550 acres of wetlands “at the doorstep of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.”
Topics
Documents
Filing Date
Document
Type
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Beta
09/13/2023
Action dismissed with prejudice pursuant to joint stipulation.
The court dismissed the case with prejudice pursuant to a joint stipulation by the parties. Bloomberg Law reported that the plaintiffs' counsel said they dismissed the case because it was rendered moot by the U.S. Supreme Court's Sackett v. EPA decision regarding the scope of "waters of the United States."
Decision
09/08/2023
Parties stipulated to the dismissal of action with prejudice with no concessions as to the merits of plaintiffs’ claims.
Stipulation
Summary
Challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reinstatement of approved jurisdictional determinations for 550 acres of wetlands “at the doorstep of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Policy instrument