Lawsuit filed against Mississippi Silicon

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A federal appeals court has ordered a lawsuit filed over the permitting process for Mississippi silicon in Tishomingo county back to court.

Posted: Apr 2, 2018 8:55 PM

Posted By: Madison Van Zile

TISHOMINGO COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) ---A federal appeals court has ordered a lawsuit filed over the permitting process for Mississippi Silicon in Tishomingo County back to court.

C. Richard Cotton and 16 Front Street sued in 2014 over the permit issued for the plant in Burnsville.

The lawsuit says there were permit problems and the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality violated the Clean Air Act.

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit in December of 2015.

On Monday, the fifth circuit court of appeals reinstated the lawsuit but only against the MDEQ director.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

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Cases: 314710

Reported Deaths: 7254

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Hinds	20369	416
Harrison	17949	309
Rankin	13643	278
Jackson	13450	246
Madison	10113	217
Lee	9986	174
Jones	8384	163
Forrest	7689	152
Lauderdale	7198	240
Lowndes	6403	148
Lamar	6236	86
Lafayette	6203	119
Washington	5341	134
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Oktibbeha	4629	98
Panola	4596	107
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Marshall	4450	103
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Pontotoc	4208	72
Monroe	4115	133
Union	4111	76
Neshoba	4031	176
Lincoln	3969	110
Hancock	3795	86
Leflore	3498	125
Sunflower	3362	90
Tate	3347	84
Pike	3327	105
Scott	3162	74
Alcorn	3133	68
Yazoo	3117	70
Itawamba	3005	77
Copiah	2974	65
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Simpson	2953	88
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Grenada	2615	87
Covington	2598	81
George	2481	48
Newton	2468	62
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Clay	1855	54
Stone	1828	33
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Smith	1625	34
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Wilkinson	675	31
Jefferson	657	28
Sharkey	502	17
Issaquena	168	6
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Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 540083

Reported Deaths: 11038

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Jefferson	79848	1529
Mobile	41283	809
Madison	35157	506
Tuscaloosa	25925	455
Shelby	25302	249
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Baldwin	21411	310
Lee	15993	172
Calhoun	14574	319
Morgan	14425	280
Etowah	13925	353
Marshall	12280	225
Houston	10648	282
Elmore	10158	206
Limestone	10070	151
St. Clair	9948	245
Cullman	9768	194
Lauderdale	9460	243
DeKalb	8865	188
Talladega	8341	176
Walker	7261	278
Autauga	7005	108
Jackson	6840	112
Blount	6773	139
Colbert	6322	135
Coffee	5581	118
Dale	4877	113
Russell	4457	38
Chilton	4373	113
Franklin	4263	82
Covington	4138	118
Tallapoosa	4044	153
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Clarke	3515	61
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Pike	3120	77
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Geneva	2541	78
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Pickens	2348	62
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Hale	2240	78
Butler	2191	69
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Henry	1899	43
Cherokee	1848	45
Randolph	1825	42
Monroe	1781	41
Washington	1678	39
Macon	1613	50
Clay	1572	57
Crenshaw	1535	57
Cleburne	1496	41
Lamar	1433	36
Lowndes	1406	53
Wilcox	1274	30
Bullock	1232	42
Conecuh	1108	29
Coosa	1092	28
Perry	1078	26
Sumter	1050	32
Greene	926	34
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