Split 5th Circuit Reverses, Says State Agency Was Properly Joined To Water Case

Mealey's (October 19, 2022, 1:10 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A split panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a groundwater contamination lawsuit, ruling that the defendants failed to show that the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) was improperly joined.  The panel also vacated an injunction that prevented the plaintiff from proceeding in state court....