The CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA, a municipal corporation, Plaintiff,
v.
Ronald H. BROWN, Secretary of Commerce, D. James Baker, Under Secretary of Commerce, and The State of North Carolina, Defendants.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 15, 1994.
June 15, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael Scott Hart, George A. Somerville, John Franklin Kay, Jr., Samuel Morton Brock, III, Mays & Valentine, Richmond, VA, Eric W. Schwartz, Alan Dale Albert, Mays & Valentine, Norfolk, VA, Leslie Louis Lilley, William M. Macali, Office of City Atty., Virginia Beach, VA, for plaintiff.
George M. Kelley, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Norfolk, VA, Lois J. Schiffer, Catherine M. Shaefor, Samuel C. Alexander, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants Ronald H. Brown and D. James Baker.
Kenneth M. Lyons, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Frederick M. Lowther, Bernard Nash, Lee A. Alexander, David L. Engelhardt, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC, Michael F. Easley, Alan S. Hirsch, Daniel F. McLawhorn, N.C. Dept. of Justice, Raleigh, NC, Prof. Michael Vincent Hernandez, Chesapeake, VA, for intervenor-defendant State of N.C.
Jan Leslie Proctor, Asst. City Atty., Ronald Stuart Hallman, Office of City Atty., Chesapeake, VA, for The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, amicus curiae.
Roger L. Chaffe, John Paul Woodley, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Dennis Henry Treacy, Office of the Atty. Gen. of Virginia, James Stuart Gilmore, III, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, Richmond, VA, for Com. of Va., amicus curiae.
Patrick Michael McSweeney, McSweeney, Burtch and Crump, Richmond, VA, for Roanoke River Basin Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Kimberly Ann Taylor, Grafton, VA, Kenneth D. Goldberg, Office of Atty. Gen., Dept. of Community Affairs, Florida Coastal Management Program, Tallahassee, FL, for State of Fla., amicus curiae.
Kimberly Ann Taylor, Grafton, VA, Bruce M. Botelho, Elizabeth J. Kerttula, Office of Atty. Gen., State of Alaska, Dept. of Law, Juneau, AK, for State of Alaska, amicus curiae.
Kimberly Ann Taylor, Grafton, VA, for State of Conn., State of Me., State of Md., State of Miss., State of N.J., State of N.Y., State of S.C. and California Coastal Com'n, amicus curiae.
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.
OPINION AND FINAL ORDER
REBECCA BEACH SMITH, District Judge.
I. Facts and Procedural History
This case arises out of a city's attempts to clear the numerous bureaucratic hurdles necessary to build a pipeline. Virginia Beach, a municipality, has faced severe water shortages and mandatory water restrictions over the past few years due to the fact that it owns no water of its own. Currently, Virginia Beach obtains water from the City of Norfolk...
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