In 2001, in an Illinois case, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States, the court said the corps overreached its legal and constitutional authority by claiming control over an isolated quarry.
In 2000, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. US Army Corps of Engineers.
Solid Waste Agency of No.
The justices received appeal in the new case, Solid Waste Agency v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, No. 99-1178, in January but deferred acting on it until after deciding the Violence Against Women Act case.
Homebuilders' organizations backed the challenge to the rule that was upheld by the Supreme Court in January 2001, in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. Corps of Engineers.
In 2001, the Court further decided 5-4 that the CWA does not cover areas that had filled with water (Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook Cty.
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, Ill., $53 million of revenue bonds.
After 13 years, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County is no closer to getting its landfill project, but it is at the center of one of the Supreme Court term's major cases on the limits of federal power.
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) v. United States Army Corps of Engineers (2001)
Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 531 U.S. 159 (2001) touched upon the Commerce Clause.