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See Bass Angler Sportsman Society v. United States Steel Corp., 324 F.Supp. 412, 416 (D.Ala.1971) (three judge court), aff’d, 447 F.2d 1304 (5th Cir. 1971); Public Affairs Associates, Inc. v. Rickover, 268 F.Supp. 444, 448 (D.D.C.1947).
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Compare, Bass Angler Sportsman Soc. v. United States Steel Corp., 324 F.Supp. 412 (3 Districts Ala.1971) (consolidated), aff’d per curiam, 447 F.2d 1304 (5th Cir. 1971) (Rivers & Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. does not grant enforcement powers in private parties.) We are aware that some inroads have been made by this Court in recognizing that a cause of action is vested in private parties by the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. §§ 401 et seq.
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Bass Anglers Sportsman Society of America, Inc.
v.
Koppers Company, Inc.
71-1622_1.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Sep 10, 1971.
447 F.2d 1304
Published
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Citer courts: D. Utah (1)

447 F.2d 1304

3 ERC 1065, 1 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,435

BASS ANGLERS SPORTSMAN SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
KOPPERS COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

No. 71-1622 Summary Calendar.*

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Sept. 10, 1971.

Levin & Dees, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

John H. Morrow, Macbeth Wagnon, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Avondale Mills.

J. M. Williams, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., Tom Radney, Alexander City, Ala., for Russell Mills.

Ira DeMent, U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Samford, Torbert, Denson & Horsley, W. F. Horsley, Opelika, Ala., for West Point Pepp.

Shiro Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., amici curiae.

Appeal from Middle District of Alabama at Montgomery; Frank M. johnson, judge.

Before COLEMAN, SIMPSON, and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

1

Upon the joint opinion of the three District Judges, reported at 324 F.Supp. 412, sub nom., Bass Anglers Sportsman Society of America, Inc. v. United States Steel Corporation, etc., et al., the judgment (or judgments) dismissing the action (or actions) in this case will be

2

Affirmed.

3

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* Rule 18, 5th Cir.; See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.