Weekly Cases Update Volume 48, Issue 3

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Volume 48, Issue 3

ELR 2000916-1053(Fed. Cir., )

The Federal Circuit upheld rulings by the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that imports of solar cells from China harmed U.S. producers.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2001016-1298(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit denied environmentalists' attempt to challenge an NRC decision to issue a uranium mining license in Wyoming. The mining company sought a license from NRC to mine uranium at the Ross Project in Crook County, Wyoming. NRC conducted an EIS and granted the license.

Keywords:
Mining
ELR 2001116-14814(11th Cir., )

The Eleventh Circuit held that the Miami Seaquarium’s treatment of a captive orca named Lolita doesn’t seriously threaten her life. Animal activists sued the aquarium, alleging it is perpetrating an unlawful “take” by “harm[ing]” or “harass[ing]” Lolita in violation of the ESA. A dis...

Keywords:
Endangered Species Act (ESA)