Second Court Holds Air Act Allows Criminal Vehicle Tampering Charges

A second federal district court is backing EPA’s ability to bring criminal charges under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a case where the government alleges a defendant engaged in unlawful vehicle tampering, affirming a recent precedent on an issue that courts had not previously addressed on the merits as defendants had taken plea deals. But while Senior Judge John Gibney of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is allowing prosecutors in United States v. Jonathan...