US Supreme Court

US Supreme Court Hears Superfund, Pipeline Challenges

December 12, 2019

Justices may side with ARCO against allowing landowners near its former Montana copper smelter to require more cleanup than EPA did.

High Court Takes on LGBTQ Anti-Bias Gaps in US Law

Debra K. Rubin

December 11, 2019

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But many states are way ahead in hiring and workplace protections.

Gas Pipeline Pushes Its Land Seizure Challenge to U.S. Supreme Court

Mary B. Powers

November 20, 2019

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PennEast case could change interpretations of eminent domain if it joins a pipeline decision already under high court review.

Water Infrastructure

Supreme Court Delves Into Scope of Clean Water Act Permits

Tom Ichniowski

November 6, 2019

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Case centers on whether pollution moving through groundwater should require "point source" permit.

US Supreme Court May Not Hear Key Groundwater Pollution Case

September 27, 2019

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Pact between Hawaii officials and environmentalists in wastewater dispute settles some, but not all, legal issues.

Legal

TVA Cleanup Pact Cancels Coal-Ash Case Going to Supreme Court

Mary B. Powers

September 6, 2019

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Justices still could settle this year the much-disputed issue of whether the US Clean Water Act regulates groundwater-carried pollutants.

Legal

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Mary B. Powers

February 23, 2019

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Supreme Court justices will weigh lower court rulings in a Hawaii-based dispute over treated sewage carried to the ocean through groundwater.

Public-Employee Union Fees, Water Wars Are Key in High Court Rulings

Jeff Yoders

Pam Radtke Russell JT Long

Debra K. Rubin

July 11, 2018

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Industry groups react to halt 'to fair share' union fees for government non-members

US High Court Sets Sites for Flint Water Class-Action Suits

Mary B. Powers

June 14, 2017

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Class-action lawsuits against engineering firms and public officials resulting from the Flint, Mich., water-supply crisis will be heard mostly in federal courts, based on a U.S. Supreme Court action on June 12.

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US Supreme Court Hears Superfund, Pipeline Challenges

High Court Takes on LGBTQ Anti-Bias Gaps in US Law

Gas Pipeline Pushes Its Land Seizure Challenge to U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Delves Into Scope of Clean Water Act Permits

US Supreme Court May Not Hear Key Groundwater Pollution Case

TVA Cleanup Pact Cancels Coal-Ash Case Going to Supreme Court

High Court Could Alter Point-Source Discharge Definition in Taking Clean-Water Case

Public-Employee Union Fees, Water Wars Are Key in High Court Rulings

US High Court Sets Sites for Flint Water Class-Action Suits

ENR

Jan 20, 2020