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title: "As Sackett Trims Feds' Wetlands Role, States May Step Up"
date: 2023-05-31T00:00:00-04:00
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# As Sackett Trims Feds’ Wetlands Role, States May Step Up

  May 31, 2023

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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](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/William-J-Jackson), [Joe Green](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/Joseph-J-Green), [Sabrina Morelli](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/Sabrina-Eve-Morelli), [Lauren Shah](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/Lauren-H-Shah), and [Zach Lee](https://www.kelleydrye.com/Our-People/Zachary-J-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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