United States v. Cooper

ELR Citation: ELR 20073
No(s). 05-4956 (4th Cir. Mar 28, 2007)

The court upheld the conviction of a trailer park sewage lagoon operator for knowingly discharging a pollutant from a point source into navigable waters without a permit in violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA). The operator claimed that the lower court should have acquitted him because the governm...