Law Practice
Jan. 14, 2009
Alaskan Case Exposes Ideological Rift Among U.S. Justices
Whether a mining company should be allowed to deposit waste into a pristine Alaskan lake sparked sharp divisions Monday among the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court at oral argument in the case.
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Whether a mining company should be allowed to deposit waste into a pristine Alaskan lake sparked sharp divisions Monday among the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court at oral argument in the case. At the center of the dispute is the U.S. government's decision to allow a mining company, Coeur Alaska Inc., to dump material into the remote Lower Slate Lake., about 45 miles north of Juneau. ...
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