Aluminum Co. of America v. Bonneville Power Administration
56 F.3d 1075 (9th Cir. 1995)
Direct Service Industries (DSIs) challenged the Bonneville Power Administration's 1993 Record of Decision (ROD) on Water Management Actions in the Columbia River System to be Taken by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in 1993 for the Benefit of Snake River... {Continue reading}

Klamath Water Users Protective Assoc. v. Patterson
203 F.3d 1175 (9th Cir. 2000).
The Ninth Circuit denied Klamath Water Users Protective Association's (the Association) petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.[1] The Association had previously appealed the decision from the District Court for the District of Oregon which held that the Association... {Continue reading}

Mountain Rhythm Resources v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
302 F.3d 958 (9th Cir. 2002)
Mountain Rhythm Resources, Mountain Water Resources, and Watersong Resources (collectively Mountain Rhythm) sought review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders dismissing their applications for licenses to build hydroelectric facilities on tributaries of the Nooksak River in Whatcom County, Washington.... {Continue reading}

Ramsey v. Kantor
96 F.3d 434 (9th Cir. 1996)
This suit, brought primarily by aluminum companies against several defendants including the Secretary of Commerce and the states of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, challenges state-permitted salmon harvests off the Northwest coast of the United States and within the Columbia River.... {Continue reading}