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SIERRA CLUB v. SCM CORP.

No. 1410, Dockets 84-7241, 84-7261.

747 F.2d 99 (1984)

SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. SCM CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Z. Roisman, Washington, D.C. (Ellen Barry, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Ragna Henrichs, Rochester, N.Y. (Richard M. Cogen, M. Kathryn Sedor, Judy A. Toyer, Nixon Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester, N.Y., on the brief), for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y. (Kathleen Liston Morrison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, N.Y., of counsel), filed a brief for amicus curiae State of New York.

Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va. (William B. Ellis, William L. Rosbe, K. Dennis Sisk, of counsel), filed a brief for amici curiae Alabama Power Company, et al.

Stark Ritchie, James K. Jackson, and Thomas S. Llewellyn, Washington, D.C., filed a brief for amicus curiae American Petroleum Institute.

Peter M. Collins and John G. Collins, New York City, filed a brief for amici curiae Norman A. Foster and the Mid-Atlantic Legal Foundation.

Before KEARSE, PIERCE, and MARKEY, Circuit Judges.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Sierra Club ("Sierra") appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York, Michael A. Telesca, Judge, dismissing for lack of standing its suit against defendant SCM Corporation ("SCM") for discharge of excessive pollutants into a tributary of Wolcott Creek in Wolcott, New York, in violation of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251-1376 (1982) (the "Act"). In an opinion...

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