SCOTUS Refuses To Close Canal Over Carp

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 19, 2010 4:20PM

The Supreme Court issued a one-sentence statement today in which they refused to order the shut down of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to prevent the spread of Asian Carp. However, that doesn't mean the SCOTUS won't take any action on the issue. Still open to the high court is the request by the State of Michigan to reopen a 1922 lawsuit over the creation of the canal, linking the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes and thereby opening a path for the Asian Carp to make their way to the Lakes.