Mono Lake Water Suit Rejected
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO —
A federal appeals court today rejected a National Audubon Society lawsuit alleging that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power violated federal air and water pollution laws by diverting streams flowing into Mono Lake. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the lawsuit belongs in state courts because federal law does not apply to any of the questions raised in the 1979 lawsuit.
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