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US Supreme Court unclear about wetlands

on june 19, 2006, the us Supreme Court (sc) came out with a fractured ruling in two cases related to the definition of wetland under the Clean Water Act, 1972. The court came up with an ambiguous verdict on the broader issues while sending the cases back to the lower courts for further deliberation "in the light of sc's ruling'.

The issue was brought to the sc by two Michigan property owners