The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider the appeal of an Iowa high court ruling that held the federal Clean Air Act did not preempt common law and statutory claims lodged by residents against a nearby grain plant they blame for noxious pollution.
Without comment, the Supreme Court on Dec. 1 denied certiorari sought by Grain Processing Corporation in its appeal of the June 13 Iowa Supreme Court decision that sided with Muscatine, Iowa, residents who blame the company’s corn wet-milling plant for foul odors and volatile organic chemicals that they alleged corrode metal and befoul yards. Read earlier coverage here.
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