CTS Corp. v. Waldburger

CTS Corp. v. Waldburger
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 9, 2014
Full case nameCTS Corp. v. Waldburger
Citations573 U.S. 1 (more)
Holding
North Carolina’s statute of repose is not preempted by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, which instead only preempts state statutes of limitations on bringing state-law environmental tort cases.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityKennedy
ConcurrenceScalia (in part), joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito
DissentGinsburg, joined by Breyer
Laws applied
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980

CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, 573 U.S. 1 (2014), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that north Carolina’s statute of repose is not preempted by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, which instead only preempts state statutes of limitations on bringing state-law environmental tort cases.[1][2]

  1. ^ CTS Corp. v. Waldburger, 573 U.S. 1 (2014).
  2. ^ "Opinion analysis: Court's narrow reading of Superfund's preemption provision leaves victims of toxic exposure without legal recourse". SCOTUSblog. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2024-11-13.