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Supreme Court refuses to close waterways

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January 19, 2020

Michigan: On Tuesday, January 19 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against closing navigation locks near Chicago as per a request by the state of Michigan. Michigan requested the closure as an attempt to protect the Great Lakes from approaching Asian carp that have been heading there for nearly 2 decades. Both the Obama administration and the state of Illinois opposed the request saying the action should not be taken until the Army Corps of Engineers releases a report, due September of 2010, detailing possible ways to stop the threat.

The state of Michigan is now looking to file a lawsuit against the state of Illinois, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wall Street Journal Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Close Waterway in Carp Case, January 19, 2010
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