Supreme Court Won’t Hear Plea to Keep PFAS Cases in State Courts

The US Supreme Court has rejected requests from Maryland and South Carolina to review an appeals court’s ruling that PFAS complaints against the 3M Co. and other companies belonged in federal, not state courts.

The court denied the petition for writ of certiorari Monday, with Justice Samuel Alito not taking part in its consideration or decision.

The states asked the highest court to review a ruling the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit made last year that the states said conflicts with decisions reached by the First, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits.

The Fourth Circuit overturned district court ...