VA. HIGH COURT PROHIBITS STATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AFTER FEDERAL PROSECUTION
State Water Control Bd. v. Smithfield Foods
The state of Virginia cannot bring an enforcement action against Smithfield Foods for violation of state water pollution laws when the U.S. government successfully pursued the same violations under the Clean Water Act in federal court, the Virginia...
VA. HIGH COURT PROHIBITS STATE ENFORCEMENT ACTION AFTER FEDERAL PROSECUTION
State Water Control Bd. v. Smithfield Foods