February 15, 2018
The Eleventh Circuit granted a request from 10 states on Wednesday to move quickly and direct that a legal challenge to the U.S Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule be transferred to federal court, setting the stage for a faster decision about whether to halt the rule's implementation.
February 07, 2018
Ten states on Tuesday asked the Eleventh Circuit to hurry up and transfer a legal challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule to federal district court so they can get a faster decision on their bid to halt the rule's implementation.
August 16, 2016
The Eleventh Circuit said Tuesday that it won't revive 10 states' challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Rule, saying that would be a "colossal waste of judicial resources" when litigation in the Sixth Circuit over the same rule is already well underway.
June 13, 2016
Courts are poised to issue rulings that could change the environmental law landscape over the next six months in several high-stakes cases, including the sprawling legal battle over the EPA's Clean Water Rule, a bevy of cases over the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis, and the Obama administration's controversial climate change plan.
June 08, 2016
Ten states continued to press the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to find that their challenge to a rule redefining the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act should be sent back to Georgia federal court, blasting the federal government's contention that it should instead be dismissed.
June 01, 2016
The federal government has told the Eleventh Circuit it must dismiss a group of states’ challenge to the controversial Clean Water Rule because the Sixth Circuit has already determined it has jurisdiction to hear arguments against the plan.
May 17, 2016
States challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers' Clean Water Rule told the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday that their suit should be sent back to Georgia federal court, saying the appeals court isn't bound by a similar challenge making its way through the Sixth Circuit.
April 25, 2016
The Eleventh Circuit on Monday asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, as well as several states challenging the agencies' Clean Water Rule, to weigh in on the fate of a legal challenge in that circuit in light of parallel proceedings at the Sixth Circuit.
February 23, 2016
Ten states and one state agency on Tuesday asked the Eleventh Circuit to reopen their case over whether federal appeals courts or district courts have jurisdiction to hear challenges to a controversial rule redefining the federal government's authority under the Clean Water Act.
February 19, 2016
An Eleventh Circuit panel has canceled upcoming oral arguments for one of the multiple cases against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's controversial Clean Water Rule, preferring to consider the challenge from 11 states only after the Sixth Circuit has rendered a decision in a parallel spat.