Skip to content

Petition of the day

By

Today™s petition of the day is:

Title: Cook v. Rockwell International Corp.

Docket: 10-1377

Issue: (1) Whether state substantive law controls the standard of compensable harm in suits under the Price-Anderson Act, or whether the Act instead imposes a federal standard; and (2) whether, if a federal standard applies, a property owner whose land has been contaminated by radioactive plutonium, resulting in lost property value, must show some physical injury to the property beyond the contamination itself in order to recover for damage to property.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

Cases: Cook v. Rockwell International Corp.

Recommended Citation: Joshua Matz, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 23, 2011, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/06/petition-of-the-day-119/