Asian Carp
Last Tuesday, the Supreme Court (”SCOTUS”, for the uninitiated) denied a preliminary injunction sought by a coalition of Great Lakes states against Illinois to close navigation locks in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in an effort to curb the spread of the Asian Carp, an invasive fish species, into the Great Lakes. Issuing just a one-sentence opinion, SCOTUS denied the injunction while leaving open the possibility of a more thorough evaluation of the situation under Michigan’s petition to reopen a 1920s water diversion case.
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