Contaminated Water

<p>The United States is not a necessary party in the City of Riverside’s complaint alleging Black & Decker and other companies contaminated the city’s drinking water with perchlorate, an appeals court in California <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/contaminatedwater.pdf">ruled</a></strong>, reviving a case that was stayed in federal court for several years before being dismissed by a trial court. </p>

LOS ANGELES — The United States is not a necessary party in the city of Riverside’s complaint alleging Black & Decker and other companies contaminated the city’s drinking water with perchlorate, an appeals court in California ruled , reviving a case that was stayed in federal court for several years before the trial court dismissed it.

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