Judge Denies Reconsideration Of Dismissal Of Clean Water Act Claim Over Spill

Mealey's (December 16, 2020, 9:14 AM EST) -- GREENVILLE, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi in Dec. 14 refused to reconsider the dismissal of a claim brought under the citizen suit provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA) by property owners seeking remediation of a March 2015 toxic spill, finding that three U.S. Supreme Court rulings have not unequivocally overruled a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ ruling that a claim for an ongoing violation cannot be pursued under act for releases from an oil spill....