Guam v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 24, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- May 24, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 593 U. S. Part 2 Pages 310–320 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT May 24, 2021 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus TERRITORY OF GUAM v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit No. 20–382. Argued April 26, 2021—Decided May 24, 2021 Guam and the United States dispute liability for environmental hazards at the Ordot Dump, a site constructed on the island by the Navy in the 1940s and into which both parties allegedly have deposited waste over the decades. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Guam entered into a consent decree in 2004 that resolved litigation fled by the EPA alleging violations of the Clean Water Act. The decree in relevant part required Guam to pay a civil penalty and to take certain actions at the dump, and also stated that Guam's compliance would con- stitute full settlement and satisfaction of the civil claims of the United States as alleged in the EPA's complaint (i. e., claims under the Clean Water Act). More than a decade later, Guam sued…
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