Weekly Cases Update Volume 49, Issue 2

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Volume 48, Issue 36

Montanore Minerals Corp. v. Montana Department of Environmental Quality
ELR 20205ADV-2018-363(Mont. 1st Jud. Dist., )

A state court dismissed a lawsuit filed by a mining company challenging the Montana Department of Environmental Quality's labeling of the company's chief executive officer as a "bad actor" under state mining law, effectively prohibiting the company from conducting mining and e

Keywords:
Preliminary
Cowpasture River Preservation Association v. Forest Service
ELR 2020418-1144(4th Cir., )

The Fourth Circuit vacated the U.S. Forest Service's decisions authorizing a natural gas pipeline to be constructed across two national forests.

Keywords:
Environmental impact statement (EIS)
Indigenous Environmental Network v. United States Department of State
ELR 20203CV-17-29-GF-BMM and CV-17-31-GF-BMM(D. Mont., )

A district court granted in part and denied in part a pipeline company's motion to amend the court's previous order temporarily enjoining the company from constructing a cross-border oil pipeline known as Keystone XL.

Keywords:
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

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