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Shrimpers and Fishermen of the RGV v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Year
2020
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
About this case
Filing year
2020
Status
Petitioners filed unopposed joint stipulation for voluntary dismissal without prejudice.
Geography
Docket number
20-60249
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (5th Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Clean Water Act (US)
Principal law
United States → Clean Water Act (CWA)
At issue
Challenge to Section 404 permit for liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas.
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Filing Date
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03/30/2020
Petitioners filed unopposed joint stipulation for voluntary dismissal without prejudice.
Petitioners filed a stipulation for voluntary dismissal due to the inadvertent inclusion of the incorrect respondent in the caption of the petition for review.
Stipulation
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03/27/2020
Petition for review filed.
A lawsuit filed in the Fifth Circuit challenged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issuance of a Section 404 permit for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Rio Grande Valley of Text. The petitioners said they will argue the Corps failed to avoid or mitigate negative impacts to wetlands.
Petition
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Summary
Challenge to Section 404 permit for liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas.
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Policy instrument
Impacted group
Fossil fuel
Finance