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Post-Rapanos Caselaw

(as of June 22, 2010) 

A. Decisions of the Courts of Appeals

1. United States v. Gerke Excavating, Inc., 464 F.3d 723 (7th Cir. Sept. 22, 2006), petition 

for rehearing and rehearing en banc denied, Dec. 1, 2006, petition for certiorari denied, 

Oct. 1, 2007 

2. United States v. Charles Johnson, et al., 467 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. Oct. 31, 2006), petition for 

rehearing and rehearing en banc denied, Feb. 21, 2007, petition for certiorari denied, 

Oct. 9, 2007

3. San Francisco Baykeeper v. Cargill Salt Division, No. 04-17554, 2007 WL 686352 (9th

Cir. Mar. 8, 2007)

4. United States v. Moses, 496 F.3d 984 (9th Cir. Aug. 3, 2007), petition for rehearing en 

banc denied, September 24, 2007, petition for certiorari denied, June 23, 2008 

5. Northern California River Watch v. City of Healdsburg, 496 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. Aug. 6, 

2007), petition for certiorari denied, Feb. 19, 2008

6. United States v. McWane, 505 F.3d 1208 (11th Cir. Oct. 24, 2007), petition for rehearing 

en banc denied, 521 F.3d 1319 (Mar. 27, 2008), petition for certiorari denied, Dec. 1, 

2008

7. United States v. Robert J. Lucas, Jr., 516 F.3d 316 (5th Cir. Feb. 1, 2008), petition for 

certiorari denied, Oct. 15, 2008

8. United States v. George Rudy Cundiff, 555 F.3d 200 (6th Cir. Feb. 4, 2009), petition for 

certiorari denied, October 5, 2009

9. United States v. Gary Bailey, 571 F.3d 791 (8th Cir. July 9, 2009)

B. Significant Decisions of the District Courts (Presently on Appeal)

1. Precon Development Corporation, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, 2009 

WL 3156685 (E.D. Va. Sept. 4, 2009), appeal pending (4th Cir.)

C. Significant Decisions of the District Courts (Not Presently on Appeal)

1. United States v. Chevron Pipe Line Co., 437 F. Supp. 2d 605 (N.D. Tex. June 28, 2006) 
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2. United States v. Evans, No. 3:05 CR 159 J 32HTS, 2006 WL 2221629 (M.D. Fla. Aug. 

2, 2006) 

 

3. United States v. Marion L. Kincaid Trust, et al., No. 02-10149 (E.D. Mich. Nov. 3, 

2006) 

4. Sierra Club v. United States Corps of Engineers, No. 3:05-cv-362, 2006 WL 3365609 

(M.D. Fla. Nov. 19, 2006) 

 

5. Environmental Protection Information Center v. Pacific Lumber Co., No. C 01-2821, 

2007 WL 43654 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 8, 2007) 

6. Simsbury-Avon Preservation Society, LLC v. Metacon Gun Club, Inc., 472 F. Supp. 2d 

219 (D. Conn. Jan. 31, 2007), aff’d on other grounds, 575 F.3d 129 (2d Cir. July 31, 

2009) 

7. United States v. John Pozsgai, No. 88-6545 (E.D. Pa. Mar. 8, 2007), appeal dismissed, 

(3d Cir. Feb. 6, 2009) 

8. United States v. Rowland Fabian, No. 2:02-CV-495 (N.D. Ind. Mar. 29, 2007), motion 

for reconsideration denied, Oct. 5, 2007 

9. United States v. Sea Bay Development Corp., No. 2:06cv624, 2007 WL 1169188 (E.D. 

Va. April 18, 2007) 

10. United States and Ohio v. Ike Parker, No. 3:91CV7482, 2007 WL 1467546 (N.D. Ohio 

May 18, 2007) 

11. United States v. Gerald Lippold, No. 06-30002, 2007 WL 3232483 (C.D. Ill. Oct. 31, 

2007) 

12. United States v. Charles Robison, 521 F. Supp. 2d 1247 (N.D. Ala. Nov. 7, 2007) 

13. Natural Resources Defense Council v. Kempthorne, 525 F. Supp. 2d 115 (D.D.C. Nov. 

30, 2007) 

14. United States v. Ivan Cam, CR 05-141-KI (D. Or. Dec. 21, 2007) 

15. United States v. Keith David Rosenblum, Crim. No. 07-294, 2008 WL 582356 (D. Minn. 

Mar. 3, 2008) 

16. American Petroleum Institute v. Johnson, 541 F. Supp. 2d 165 (D.D.C. Mar. 31, 2008) 
17. Sierra Club v. City and County of Honolulu, CV. No. 04-00463, 2008 WL 3850495 (D. 

Haw. Aug. 18, 2008) 

18. John Benjamin v. Douglas Ridge Rifle Club, 673 F. Supp. 2d 1210 (D. Or. Dec. 1, 

2009) 

19. National Association of Home Builders v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, (D. 

D.C.), 2010 WL 12222073 (Mar. 30, 2010)