No. 21-1040

Corona Clay Company v. Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: article-iii-standing citizen-suit civil-rights clean-water-act due-process environmental-law federal-rules-of-civil-procedure informational-injury jurisdictional-waters standing
Key Terms:
Environmental Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-04-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a plaintiff can establish Article III standing in a private citizen suit under the Clean Water Act without proving actual or threatened harm

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether, in a private citizen suit brought under 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a) of the Clean Water Act (the “CWA”), a plaintiff can establish Article III standing without proving that there is any actual or threatened harm to any jurisdictional water of the United States. 2. Whether Article III standing in a private citizen suit under 33 U.S.C. § 1365(a) may be premised solely on the reporting and monitoring provisions in the CWA stemming from “informational injury.” 3. Whether Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 36(a) removes a trial court’s discretion, after the evidence phase of trial, to allow or disallow the presentation of new evidence to the jury.

Docket Entries

2022-04-04
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-10
Reply of petitioner Corona Clay Company filed.
2022-02-24
Brief of respondents Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al. in opposition (3/7/2022) filed.
2022-01-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2022)

Attorneys

Corona Clay Company
Eric J. FrommePacheco & Neach, P.C., Petitioner
Inland Empire Waterkeeper, a Project of Orange County Coastkeeper, et al.
Jason Robert FlandersAqua Terra Aeris Law Group, Respondent