Legal Opinion
Government of Guam v. United States Department of Navy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 5, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2017-2487Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) GOVERNMENT OF GUAM, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 1:17-cv-2487 (KBJ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Defendant. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION 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…
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