I. SYNOPSIS OF CASE BRIDGEVIEW JOINT VENTURE, BRIDGEVIEW ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, BRIDGEVIEW SIMON, INC. AND MELVIN SIMON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. ( DEFENDANTS ) ARE INDIANA PARTNERSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS LOCATED MERCHANTS PLAZA IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. MELVIN SIMOM AND ASSOCIATES, INC. ( MSA ) IS THE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY WHICH DEVELOPED THE MALL OF AMERICA LOCATED IN BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, WHICH IS THE LARGEST ENCLOSED MALL IN THE UNITED STATES. IRONICALLY, MSA'S CHAIRMAN, MELVIN SIMON, WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WETLANDS POLICY FORUM, FORMED IN THE SUMMER OF 1987, AT THE REQUEST OF U. S. EPA. ATTACHMENT 1. THE FORUM'S FINAL REPORT ENTITLED, PROTECTING AMERICA'S WETLANDS: AN ACTION AGENDA, SPAWNED THE OFT CITED GOAL OF NO OVERALL NET LOSS OF THE NATION'S REMAINING WETLANDS BASE; THE VIOLATIONS IN THIS CASE WERE CAUSED BY