31 Parties Ask 6th Circuit To Dismiss Clean Water Rule, Defer To Lower Courts

(October 5, 2015, 2:32 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Thirty-one parties on Oct. 2 asked the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to dismiss an original jurisdiction lawsuit challenging the Clean Water Rule in favor of jurisdiction before a federal district court (In Re: Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Defense, Final Rule: Clean Water Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States,’ Murray Energy Corp. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency, et al., Nos. 15-3751, 15-3799, 15-3817, 15-3820, 15-3822, 15-3823, 15-3831, 15-3837, 15-3839, 15-3850, 15-3853, 15-3817, 15-3820, 15-3837, 15-3839, 15-3885, 15-3887, 15-3948, 6th Cir.)....