On May 25, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Justice Samuel Alito authored the landmark decision, limiting the federal government’s geographic jurisdiction for Clean Water Act purposes. In this Law360 article, Kelley Drye’s Bill Jackson, Joe Green, Sabrina Morelli, Lauren Shah, and Zach Lee detail the opinion, what it means for the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS), and what may be to come.

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As Sackett Trims Feds’ Wetlands Role, States May Step Up