Neodesha, City of v. BP Corp. N. Am. Inc.

ELR Citation: 47 ELR 20044
No(s). 15-4025-KHV-15-4844-KHV and 15-4847-KHV (D. Kan. Mar 16, 2017) (Vratil, J.)

A district court held it had no authority to impose municipal penalties in a case involving a Kansas city's groundwater contamination claims against an oil company. The city sued the oil company in federal court for allowing benzene and other volatile organic compounds to accumulate at its propertie...