The Harvard Environmental Law Review published a case note on the Trail Smelter case, “Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd.“ The Supreme Court will decide shortly whether or not the hear the case, though the Solicitor General has argued in favor of a denial of cert. The case involves water pollution of tribal waters at Colville by a Canadian smelter.
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Why aren’t the mid-Michigan tribes using the Pakootas case as precedent for a citizens’ suit against Dow for dioxin contamination in the Saginaw Bay watershed?