6th Circuit Panel Refers Ford’s Jurisdictional Argument To Merits Panel

Mealey's (July 29, 2019, 3:54 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 23 that a merits panel should determine whether an appeal brought by residents who were denied intervention in a suit between Ford Motor Co. and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) over Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction (Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, et al. v. Ford Motor Co., No. 19-1318, 6th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 22017)....