High Court Takes Case On Proper Venue For CWA Jurisdiction Rule Suits

摘要

The Supreme Court has announced that it will decide which courts have authority to hear challenges to the Clean Water Act (CWA) jurisdiction rule crafted by EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers, which could lead to long-sought nationwide certainty on which venue is proper but could invalidate much of the ongoing litigation over the rule. The grant of certiorari comes in the high court's Jan. 13 orders, and means the justices will review a fractured U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruling that said challenges to the jurisdiction rule should be brought in appellate, rather than district, courts, even though the lower court has yet to issue its final decision on the jurisdiction rule's legality. The Supreme Court case will be known as National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) v. Department of Defense (DOD),et al.