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June 10, 2014

Supreme Court Deals Blow to NC Residents in Toxic Water Case 
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In a separate case, the Supreme Court has barred a group of North
Carolina residents from suing the electronics company they say
contaminated their drinking water, because a state deadline had lapsed.
The deadline applies even though residents did not realize their water
contained toxic chemicals until 2009, decades after the contamination by
CTS Corporation. The ruling could also impact the case of thousands of
Marines and their families who are suing the Obama administration over
exposure to contaminated groundwater at Camp Lejeune. The government is
using the same state law to shield itself from that lawsuit.

 

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