U.S. Supreme Court
Dec. 4, 2012
Supreme Court to consider Clean Water Act in stormwater pollution cases
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two cases this week that could lead it to weaken the Clean Water Act as it ponders a vexing environmental problem: polluted water that drains off roads after rainfall and enters the country's waterways.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing two cases this week involving a vexing environmental problem- polluted water that drains off roads after rainfall and enters the country's waterways - and its decisions could weaken the Clean Water Act.
Lawyers will be arguing over how the federal law should deal with so-called stormwater in two cases out of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. One centers on ur...
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