- The case: The Sackett family began a fourteen-year legal battle when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claimed that the Clean Water Act (CWA) applies to their land. Federal courts have interpreted the CWA in various ways. The Sacketts asked the U.S. Supreme Court for clarity about the extent of the EPA’s jurisdiction to regulate land under the CWA. Click here to learn more about the case’s background.
- The issue: The case concerns interpreting the Clean Water Act to decide what land falls within the EPA’s wetland regulatory jurisdiction.
- The question presented: “Whether the Ninth Circuit set forth the proper test for determining whether wetlands are ‘Waters of the United States under the Clean Water Act.”
- The outcome: The appeal is pending adjudication before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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