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December 3, 2002

List of the organizations expected to file Amicus Briefs

The following is the current list of the organizations who have requested permission to join the South Florida Water Management District in their petition to the U.S. Supreme Court against Friends of the Everglades and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. The case involves the continued illegal dumping of polluted water into the Everglades by the District. All of the following have filed Amicus Briefs (more are expected):

City of New York
National League of Cities
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
National Association of Flood And Stormwater Management Agencies
Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies
National Water Recourses Association
Western Coalition of Arid States
Western Urban Water Coalition
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Lake Worth Drainage District
Florida Association of Special Districts
Pacific Legal Foundation
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association
Florida Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles H. Bronson, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture

For more information about the suit and its history, please visit the Friends of the Everglades website: www.everglades.org