United States v. Boccanfuso

ELR Citation: ELR 21388
No(s). 88-6256 (2d Cir. Aug 9, 1989)

The court holds that the United States government is not estopped from asserting claims against a private citizen who built a seawall in United States waters without reasonable reliance on an official's verbal representation of the Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction under the Federal Water Polluti...