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Delaware Law Prohibiting Wetlands Activities Is Not Overbroad
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2006.tb07652.x
Subject(s) - conviction , statute , supreme court , law , wetland , political science , ecology , biology
The Supreme Court of Delaware has ruled that a Delaware statute generally prohibiting activities in wetlands that do not have a permit did not regulate constitutionally protected conduct and was thus not overbroad. The court therefore affirmed a conviction of filling wetlands without a permit.