Poultry Firms Appeal Okla. Federal Judge’s Denial Of Pollution Dispute Settlements

( April 17, 2026, 8:44 AM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — On the heels of an Oklahoma federal judge denying a series of proposed joint consent judgments that would have settled decades-long disputes between the state and several poultry plant operators for their roles in discharging chicken litter into the Illinois River Watershed (IRW), the plant operators have appealed to the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, where a series of other appeals from the original judgment remain pending....

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