Supreme Court Will Not Hear Case About Excessive Fines For Tainted Groundwater

Mealey's (November 20, 2018, 11:37 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 19 refused to hear a case in which a man argued that the high court needed to rule on the issue of whether cumulative statutory fines assessed daily by a government agency related to groundwater contamination violations are subject to the prohibition against excessive fines in the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (Bernard Morello v. Texas, No. 18-463, U.S. Sup.)....

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