High Court To Hear Oral Arguments In Contamination Suit Nov. 9

Mealey's (July 10, 2019, 9:33 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on July 8 scheduled oral arguments for Nov. 9 in an appeal brought by the County of Maui, Hawaii, over a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that awarded summary judgment to five environmental groups that accused the county of violating the Clean Water Act (CWA) when discharging pollutants that reached the Pacific Ocean without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit (Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife, No. 18-260, U.S. Sup.)....