Legal Opinion
Gov't of Guam v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 5, 2018No. 1:17-cv-2487 (KBJ)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge
The island of Guam has been a territory of the United States for more than a century, and for most of the period between 1898 and the mid-1900s, Guam served as a central base of operations for the United States Navy in the South Pacific. (Am. Compl., ECF No. 7, ¶ 6.) Early on, the Navy created a major landfill on the island-the Ordot Landfill-to support its mission, and this dump was used to dispose of munitions and chemicals, as well as military and civilian waste, for decades. (Id. ¶¶ 7, 11.) As relevant here, by the time the United States…
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