Circuit Court: Missouri Can’t Invoke Parens Patriae To Oppose Water Project

Mealey's (May 13, 2019, 1:30 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 3 affirmed a district court ruling that Missouri cannot invoke the doctrine of parens patriae to sue the United States over its environmental compliance with the planned Northwest Area Water Supply Project (Manitoba, et al. v. David Bernhardt, et al., No. 17-5242, D.C. Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 13372)....

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