DISCLAIMER: The following unofficial case summaries are prepared by the clerk's office
as a courtesy to the reader. They are not part of the opinion of the court.
083399P.pdf 08/03/2009 State of Missouri v. St. Louis Sewer Dist.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-3399
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Wollman and John R. Gibson,
Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Clean Water Act. By choosing to proceed as a plaintiff in
this Clean Water enforcement action, the State of Missouri waived its
sovereign immunity, and the district court did not err when it denied the
State's motion to strike the Sewer District's affirmative defenses and
dismiss its counterclaims.
083399P.pdf 06/09/2009 State of Missouri v. St. Louis Sewer Dist.
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 08-3399
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with John R. Gibson and Wollman,
Circuit Judges]
Civil case - Clean Water Act. By choosing to join in the Clean Water
Act enforcement action as a plaintiff, the State of Missouri waived its
sovereign immunity, and the district court did not err in refusing to
dismiss the County's counterclaims or strike its related affirmative
defenses.