ELR Citation: ELR 20334
No(s). Civ. 71-21 (N.D. Ala. Jun 21, 1971)

Plaintiffs' action alleging injury to riparian rights by upstream industrial polluters is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. §407, does not create a federal cause of action to protect a private right unrelated to navigation or anc...