Supreme Court Will Consider Limiting Reach of Clean Water Act

The U.S. Supreme Court, heeding calls from business and property-rights groups, agreed to use a long-running Idaho fight to consider curbing the reach of the Clean Water Act.

The justices said they will hear an appeal from Chantell and Michael Sackett, an Idaho couple waging a 15-year-old battle to build a house on land that federal regulators say is protected wetlands. The Sacketts won a 2012 Supreme Court <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"M18Z1S6K50YR","_id":"0000017e-8c86-daaf-adfe-fdd796150000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">ruling that let their lawsuit go forward.

The case becomes the second major environmental clash on the court’s docket. The justices next month will <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbDocId":"R1RE3CDWLU68","_id":"0000017e-8c86-daaf-adfe-fdd796150001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">consider limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to ...