ELR Citation: ELR 20151
No(s). 71-2498 (5th Cir. Mar 28, 1972)

District court dismissal for lack of jurisdiction of a suit alleging injury to riparian rights by upstream industrial polluters is affirmed, because the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 does not create a federal cause of action to protect a private right unrelated to navigation or anchorage. District ...