4th Circuit:  Federal Officer Removal Statute Inapplicable In Water Pollution Case

Mealey's (January 21, 2022, 2:51 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 10 affirmed a lower court’s decision to remand to West Virginia state court a groundwater contamination case, ruling that the defendant’s argument to keep the case in federal court under the federal officer removal statute failed....