No. 23A877

Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Big Sky Water & Sewer District, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-04-02
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Tags: appellate-procedure certiorari court-of-appeals petition-deadline supreme-court-rules time-extension
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

This case presents two important questions regarding the Clean Water Act: 1) whether the Ninth Circuit erred by determining that a pipe is not a "point source" when the statutory definition of point source includes "any pipe" and, 2) whether the Ninth Circuit erred by determining there is no direct discharge when a defendant pollutes groundwater and then coveys the polluted groundwater from a pipe directly into waters of the United States.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Supreme Court should grant an extension of time to file a petition for certiorari under the Court's rules governing appellate procedure

Docket Entries

2024-04-02
Application (23A877) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until June 8, 2024.
2024-03-29
Application (23A877) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 9, 2024 to June 8, 2024, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Cottonwood Environmental Law Center
John Philip MeyerCottonwood Environmental Law Center, Petitioner