Poultry companies ask judge to dismiss ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed

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Poultry companies ask judge to dismiss ruling that they polluted an Oklahoma watershed
apnews.com

Arkansas-based Tyson Foods, Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and the others say in a motion filed Thursday that evidence in the case is now more than 13 years old.

“This case is constitutionally moot because the Court can no longer grant any effectual relief,” the companies argued in a filing with U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell in Tulsa.

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What are the odds that the evidence is old because regulators/the companies delayed discovery?

So if you read the article the court case actually ended 13 years ago, the judge just never ruled on it. So it’s not even that the evidence is old (I mean it is, but that’s clearly not the reason here). There was a delay in the actual ruling after the case concluded. Really really strange.