9th Circ. Affirms Calif. Officials' Immunity In Pollution Suit

By Craig Clough ( April 27, 2026, 10:54 PM EDT) — The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a citizen cannot sue two California officials over alleged groundwater contamination due to their sovereign immunity, brushing off a dissenting judge’s warning the opinion could allow state facilities to “pollute willy-nilly.”…

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