UNITED STATES COURT of APPEALS ARGUED: David E
RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 2 United States v. Rapanos, et al. No. 03-1489 ELECTRONIC CITATION: 2004 FED App. 0239P (6th Cir.) File Name: 04a0239p.06 _________________ COUNSEL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS ARGUED: David E. Dearing, Indianapolis, Indiana, for FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Appellants. Katherine W. Hazard, UNITED STATES _________________ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: David E. Dearing, Indianapolis, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, X Indiana, for Appellants. Katherine W. Hazard, UNITED Plaintiff-Appellee, - STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., - for Appellee. - No. 03-1489 v. - _________________ > , OPINION JOHN A. RAPANOS; JUDITH A. - _________________ NELKIE RAPANOS; PRODO, - INC.; ROLLING MEADOWS - DANNY C. REEVES, District Judge. Plaintiff-Appellee HUNT CLUB; PINE RIVER - United States brought suit against the Defendants pursuant to - the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of BLUFF ESTATES, INC., - Defendants-Appellants. 1972, Pub. L. No. 92-500, 86 Stat. 817, as amended 33 U.S.C. - § 1251 et seq., commonly known as the Clean Water Act N (“CWA”). Defendants-Appellants John Rapanos, Judith Appeal from the United States District Court Rapanos, Prodo, Inc., Rolling Meadows Hunt Club, and Pine for the Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit. River Bluff Estates, Inc. appeal the district court’s entry of No. 94-70788—Bernard A. Friedman, Chief District Judge. judgment in favor of the United States. Prodo, Inc., Rolling Meadows Hunt Club, and Pine River Bluff Estates, Inc. are Argued: June 9, 2004 wholly owned by John and Judith Rapanos. For the reasons discussed below, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district Decided and Filed: July 26, 2004 court.
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