| Guam v. United States | |
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| Argued April 26, 2021 Decided May 24, 2021 | |
| Full case name | Territory of Guam v. United States |
| Docket no. | 20-382 |
| Citations | 593 U.S. ___ (more) 141 S. Ct. 1608 209 L. Ed. 2d 691 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | |
| Subsequent | Remanded for further proceedings, 852 F. App'x 14 (D.C. Cir. 2021) |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 | |
Guam v. United States, 593 U.S. ___ (2021), was a U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with a dispute on fiscal responsibility for environmental and hazardous cleanup of the Ordot Dump created by the United States Navy on the island of Guam in the 1940s, which Guam then ran after becoming a territory in 1950 until the landfill's closure in 2011. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (aka Superfund), Guam had filed its lawsuit to recover a portion of cleanup costs for the landfill from the United States government in a timely manner, allowing their case to proceed.