3M Co. Opposes Efforts to Remand City of Columbia’s Water Contamination Suit

CHARLESTON, S.C. –– 3M Co. has filed a motion opposing efforts to remand a water contamination case pending in the Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation MDL docket, arguing that the court has federal officer jurisdiction.

In a Aug. 23 brief filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, defendant 3M Co. maintained that, at a minimum, the court should defer ruling on the motion until the 4th Circuit has weighed in on similar jurisdictional disputes.

3M wrote in the brief that the court has federal officer jurisdiction given that the case relates to 3M’s …