Williams Pipe Line Co. v. Bayer Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the CWA applied to spills and leaks of pollution that entered navigable water 10 through groundwater
• noting that the reason that damages are not awarded for a lost sale opportunity is precisely because such damages are subsumed by an award for the property's lost market value
• noting that the reason that damages are not awarded for a lost sale opportunity is precisely because such damages are subsumed by an award for the property’s lost market value
• observing that “[t]he majority of courts have held that groundwaters that are hydrologically connected to surface waters are regulated waters of the United States, and that unpermitted discharges into such groundwaters are prohibited under section 1311”
• observing that “[t]he majority of courts have held that groundwaters that are hydrologi-cally connected to surface waters are regulated waters of the United States, and that unpermitted discharges into such ground-waters are prohibited under section 1311”
• “The government agency is not required to succeed by the private party’s definition of success.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).