U.S. Supreme Court limits the scope of the federal Clean Water Act in a case regarding federal protection of wetlands areas.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the scope of the federal Clean Water Act in a case regarding federal protection of wetlands areas.
The high court ruling, in the case of the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County vs. the US Army Corps of Engineers, overturned an earlier appeals court ruling on the question of whether a federal agency can restrict land use on remote wetlands not connected with a body of water.