U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 23, 2012
Supreme Court rules couple can file civil suit against EPA
A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held Wednesday that an Idaho couple can file suit to fight an Environmental Protection Agency order telling them what to do on their land.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held Wednesday that an Idaho couple can file suit to fight an Environmental Protection Agency order telling them what to do on their land.
The decision reverses the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which had blocked Michael and Chantell Sackett from bringing a civil suit against the EPA. Government regulators said that the plot of land the couple wanted ...
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