Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 1

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Volume 42, Issue 33

ELR 2023811-15614(11th Cir., )

The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing a county's lawsuit challenging a Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) directive advising Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to refrain from purchasing mortgages encumbered with certain first-priority lien obligations under the Property

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 20237C-06-563(S.D. Tex., )

A district court denied the U.S. government's motion to empanel a sentencing jury to determine an oil company's gross pecuniary gain stemming from CAA and Migratory Bird Treaty Act violations.

Keywords:
Sentencing guidelines
ELR 2023611-00492(C.D. Cal., )

A district court held that DOI complied with NEPA, the ESA, and FLPMA when it approved the construction of a large solar power plant in California's Mojave Desert.

Keywords:
Biological opinion, §7(b), Discussion of, held adequate
ELR 20235C067164(Cal. Ct. App. 3d Dist., )

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing a citizen group's lawsuit seeking to vacate a city's approval of a "big box" retail store. The group alleged that the approval violated planning and zoning laws.

Keywords:
Civil procedure, Zoning

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