High Court Grants Guam’s Petition To Review CERCLA Timeliness Ruling

Mealey's (January 11, 2021, 9:45 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 8 granted the government of Guam’s petition seeking review of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that found that the territory’s Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act suit seeking to recover $160 million it spent on cleaning up contamination from the Ordot Landfill Superfund site was barred by the three-year statute of limitations based on a 2004 consent decree the territory entered into with the federal government....