Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council

Holding: The flow of water from an improved portion of a navigable waterway into an unimproved portion of the same waterway does not qualify as a “discharge of a pollutant” under the Clean Water Act.

 

JudgmentReversed and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on January 8, 2013. Justice Alito concurred in the judgment only.

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