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Use the official docket link for later case activity."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 39-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/99-1178.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 39-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/99-1178.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-13"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 5-15","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/99-1178.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 5-15"}]}],"slug":"2000-99-1178-solid-waste-agency-of-no-cook-cty-v-army-corps-of-engineers","term":"2000","title":"Does the Clean Water Act cover isolated wetlands?","title_sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 23, lines 39-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/99-1178.pdf","page_label":"file page 23, lines 39-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 17-13","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/pdfs/transcripts/2000/99-1178.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 17-13"}],"topics":[],"undated_disposition_date_fallback":null,"updated_at":"2026-09-05T03:22:24Z"}