Rapanos/Carabell Event at GULC
on Jun 19, 2006 at 9:25 pm
The Georgetown Supreme Court Institute and The Georgetown Environmental Law & Policy Institute present:
The Clean Water Act in the Supreme Court, the Rapanos and Carabell Decisions
Panelists: Virginia Albrecht, Hunton & Williams LLP
Richard Lazarus, Georgetown University Law Center
Lawrence Liebesman, Holland & Knight
Malcolm Stewart, Asst to the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice
On June 19, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down major – but splintered – decisions in two widely watched wetlands cases, Rapanos v. United States (04-1034) and Carabell v. Army Corps of Engineers (04-1384). Please join a panel of experts for a discussion of the legal significance of these decisions and their implications for federal regulatory policy and for the balance between federal and state authority over wetlands.
WHEN: June 20, 2006, Noon to 1:30 p.m (east coast)
WHERE: Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Hall, Room 200
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Participants are invited to bring their own lunch (lunch can also be purchased in the McDonough cafeteria on the first floor). Beverages will be provided.
For those interested in the Georgetown program but unable to attend in person, a phone link will be available. The bridge number is: 888-450-5012 and the participant passcode is: 192091
Also, a webcast of the program will be posted at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/gelpi/news/index.htm
on Wednesday, the day after the program.
For further information, call 202-662-9851.
