Legal Opinion
White v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
District Court, E.D. North Carolina
Decided June 18, 2024No. 2:24-cv-00013Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA NORTHERN DIVISION No. 2:24-CV-00013-BO ROBERT D. WHITE ) Plaintiff, ORDER UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., ) Defendant. This case is about “adjacent” wetlands and their place within the “waters of the United States” as those terms are understood in the Clean Water Act (CWA or the Act).
33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq. Last year in Sackett v. EPA,
598 U.S. 651
(2023), the Supreme Court narrowed the scope of wetlands considered “adjacent” to “‘waters of the United States” and thus federally regulable under…
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