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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1319 Clean Water Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )

Plaintiff, )

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v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-00498-KD-C

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HAMILTON SMITH, )

Defendant. )

JUDGMENT

This bifurcated matter came before the Court for a March 31-April 4, 2014 jury trial on 

liability (Phase I),

1 and a June 2-3, 2014 bench trial on damages (Phase II).2

In accordance with the jury’s April 4, 2014 verdict finding Defendant Hamilton Smith 

liable as to certain dams/roads (Docs. 94-6, 97-1), and the June 2014 bench trial and 

subsequently entered July 24, 2014 Order and accompanying temporary restorative injunction 

(Docs. 145, 145-1), it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that the Government’s 

request for relief against Smith is DENIED in part and GRANTED in part as follows: 

1) the Government’s request for entry of a permanent injunction against Smith is 

DENIED;

2) the Government’s request for a temporary restorative injunction against Smith is 

GRANTED in part as amended and detailed in Doc. 145-1;

3) the Government’s request for compensatory mitigation is DENIED; 

 1 During the Phase I trial, the jury considered Smith’s Clean Water Act (“CWA”) liability for Dams/roads 

A, B, C, and D. The jury found Smith liable for Dams/roads A and B (that the forest road exemption applied but so 

did recapture which removed that exemption). The jury found Smith was not liable for Dams/roads C and D (that the 

forest road exemption applied and recapture did not). Thereafter, the Government filed a post-trial motion for 

judgment as a matter of law regarding Dams/roads C and D (Doc. 100), which the Court granted as to D but denied 

as to C (upholding the jury’s verdict on C). (Doc. 106). 

2 Phase II addressed the remedies and damages for the admitted or adjudicated CWA violations by Smith 

for Dams/roads A, B, D and E. 

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4) the Government’s request for a $1,500,000 civil penalty is DENIED as to the amount 

and GRANTED as to a form of relief. Smith is ORDERED to pay a CWA civil penalty 

of $78,000; and

5) It is further ORDERED that pursuant to Rule 53(a)(1)(C) of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure, the Court has appointed a consultant, Gene Todia, to monitor compliance with 

the temporary restorative injunction set forth in Doc. 145-1, (Doc. 152), and that Smith is 

ORDERED to pay, in annual installments, the cost of the Court’s consultant.

The Court retains jurisdiction over this case in order to monitor compliance the 

temporary restorative injunction (Doc. 145-1).

DONE and ORDERED this the 23rd day of September 2014.

/s/ Kristi K. DuBose

KRISTI K. DuBOSE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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