United States v. Riverside Bayview
1985 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United States v. Riverside Bayview, 474 U.S. 121 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the scope of federal regulatory powers over waterways as pertaining to the definition of "waters of the United States" as written in the Clean Water Act of 1972. The Court ruled unanimously that the government does have the power to control intrastate wetlands as waters of the United States.[1] This ruling was effectively revised in Rapanos v. United States (2006),[2] in which the Court adopted a very narrow interpretation of "navigable waters."
Quick Facts United States v. Riverside Bayview, Argued October 16, 1985 Decided December 4, 1985 ...
United States v. Riverside Bayview | |
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Argued October 16, 1985 Decided December 4, 1985 | |
Full case name | United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes Inc. |
Docket no. | 84-701 |
Citations | 474 U.S. 121 (more) 106 S. Ct. 455; 88 L. Ed. 2d 419; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 145 |
Case history | |
Prior | 729 F.2d 391 (6th Cir. 1984); cert. granted, 469 U.S. 1206 (1985). |
Holding | |
The District Court's findings are not clearly erroneous, and plainly bring respondent's property within the category of wetlands, as the language, policies, and history of the Clean Water Act compel a finding that the Corps has acted reasonably in interpreting the Act to require permits for the discharge of material into wetlands adjacent to other "waters of the United States." | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | White, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
Clean Water Act |
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