Central Green Co. v. United States

Central Green Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 30, 2000 Decided February 21, 2001
Full case name	Central Green Corporation v. United States
Citations	531 U.S. 425 (more) 121 S. Ct. 1005; 148 L. Ed. 2d 919
Case history
Prior	On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Holding
The term 'flood or flood waters' within the Flood Control Act of 1928 includes water that is released for the purpose of flood control
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Stevens, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Flood Control Act of 1928

Central Green Co. v. United States, 531 U.S. 425 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 2001. The case concerned the meaning of the words "flood or flood waters" within the Flood Control Act of 1928. The Court concluded that the law did not always apply to federal flood control facilities.