California Trout v. Schaefer

58 F.3d 469 25 Envtl. L. Rep. 21,416 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 8351 CALIFORNIA TROUT, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kurt A. SCHAEFER, Lt. Col., Acting Director, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District; Henry J. Hatch, Lt. General, Chief, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Stockton East Water District, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-17160. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 4, 1995. Decided June 26, 1995. Joseph Brecher, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Andrea Nervi Ward and Lisa E. Jones, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for federal defendants-appellees. Steven Herum, Jeanne M. Zolezzi, Neumiller & Beardslee, Stockton, CA, for Stockton East Water Dist., defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before: BRUNETTI, THOMPSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge: 1 California Trout (CalTrout), a nonprofit environmental organization, challenges the United States Army Corps of Engineers' (the Corps) decision to approve an application by the Stockton East Water District (SEWD) for a permit under section 404 of the…