S.D. justices take company’s side in a dispute with state’s underground storage tanks program Monday, August 17, 2020
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A circuit judge in a financial case correctly ruled against state government’s program for cleaning up leaks from underground storage tanks, the South Dakota Supreme Court said.
In a decision released Thursday, the justices agreed then-Judge Patricia Devaney was right to dismiss state government’s claims against a company, BP plc, regarding pollution at 27 sites in South Dakota.
Devaney is now a Supreme Court justice. Circuit Judge Susan Sabers replaced her on the Supreme Court’s consideration of the appeal.
Read the court's opinion at: https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/sc/opinions/28933c47174d.pdf