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Sierra Club Suit Against City Delayed Until January
September 14, 2007 12:08 AM
Colorado Springs won't be going to federal court with the Sierra Club as planned on Monday, Sept. 17.
Last Friday a federal judge granted the Sierra Club's request for more time to prepare it's case brought under the Clean Water Act against the city for repeated sewage spills into Fountain Creek. The new court date is January 28th. Sierra Club Attorney Eric Huber says he needs more time to prepare because he was planning on getting a lot of help from Pueblo District Attorney Bill Thiebaut. Thiebaut filed the original suit against Colorado Springs in late 2005, and the Sierra Club joined later. But last week the judge said Thiebaut had no standing or jurisdiction to sue, leaving the Sierra Club as the lone litigant.
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Posted by Eric Whitney on September 14, 2007 12:08 AM | Permalink
