United States V. Bayshore Associates Inc‪.‬

Plaintiff, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the government), sought to enjoin defendant, Bayshore Associates, Inc. (Bayshore), from dredging and dumping dredge spoils. The action was brought pursuant to the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, 33 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. The district court granted plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and later granted a preliminary injunction. Defendant appeals the following: the district court's grant of a TRO to prevent Bayshore from dredging at the Bayshore Boat Club in Fair Haven, Michigan; the district court's subsequent finding of Bayshore in contempt of the TRO on both February 17 and April 12, 1989; and the preliminary injunction that the district court issued against dredging on August 2, 1989.