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Suit contends that city and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District mishandled operation of river floodgates, causing damage when more than 1 million gallons of water flooded the skyscraper during a 2020 rainstorm.
The "right-to-control theory" used by federal prosecutors "cannot form the basis for a conviction under federal fraud statutes,” Justice Clarence Thomas said in the unanimous opinion, with the high court also ruling on disputes related to the controversial Mountain Valley gas pipeline and to state mandates affecting interstate commerce.