EPA’s “Orange River” Disaster; NCLA Calls for Full Sixth Circuit to Reconsider FDIC ALJ Protections

EPA’s “Orange River” Disaster

Todd Hennis spent decades building his nest egg as owner of the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado. But seven years ago, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency destroyed the entrance to the mine causing a breach and releasing a toxic sludge of over three million gallons of acid mine drainage and 880,000 pounds of heavy metals. Referred to as the “orange (or yellow) river seen around the world”, the rush of contamination snaked down the Animus River watershed. NCLA represents Mr. Hennis in his lawsuit, Hennis v. U.S., seeking compensation for the years EPA has been squatting on his property without his permission or constitutional authority to do
so without just compensation.

Mark and NCLA Litigation Counsel Kara Rollins discuss Hennis over EPA’s land grab.

NCLA Calls for Full Sixth Circuit to Reconsider FDIC ALJ Protections

NCLA has filed an amicus brief in a case addressing whether certain Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation officers, including the agency’s ALJs, are protected by multiple layers of tenure protection in violation of the “Take Care” clause of the Constitution. NCLA asks the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant the petition for rehearing in Calcutt v. FDIC.

Mark and NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel or Russ Ryan discuss the latest NCLA amicus.