Business Groups Seek Leave To File Brief In Water Case At U.S. Supreme Court

Mealey's (October 2, 2020, 12:51 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business industry groups on Sept. 28 moved in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking leave to file an amicus curiae brief in support of a manufacturer that is asking the high court to review a groundwater contamination ruling against it.  The groups insist that they should be permitted to file their brief because the decision below "embraces a theory of personal jurisdiction that is directly at odds with this Court's controlling precedent" (Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, et al. v. The Water Works and Sewer Board of the Town of Centre, et al., No. 20-231, U.S. Sup.)....