Split 4th Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc Of Groundwater Ruling

Mealey's (May 31, 2018, 1:35 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 30 denied a petition for rehearing en banc of its divided ruling which concluded that conservation groups have a valid claim against a company whose pipeline leaked 369,000 gallons of gasoline into local groundwater and other water sources (Upstate Forever, et al. v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, et al., No. 17-1640, 4th Cir.)....