Weekly Cases Update Volume 50, Issue 3

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Volume 50, Issue 1

ELR 2000217-9001L(Fed. Cl., )

The Court of Federal Claims held the U.S. government liable for the flooding of homes and businesses near two dams managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Houston during Hurricane Harvey.

Keywords:
Fifth Amendment
ELR 2000118-cv-03237-HSG(N.D. Cal., )

A district court denied EPA's request to stay a previous order requiring it to comply with its 2016 Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.

Keywords:
Federal implementation plans (FIPs), §110(c)(1)
ELR 200134:19-cv-03135-KAW(N.D. Cal., )

A district court vacated exempted fishing permits issued by NMFS that allowed two vessels to engage in commercial longline fishing in federal waters off the coast of California for two years.

Keywords:
Best scientific data, §7(a)(2), Held required for
ELR 2000317-253(D.D.C., )

A district court denied public interest groups' motion for partial summary judgment in challenging an executive order that requires federal agencies to repeal two existing rules for each new rule promulgated.

Keywords:
Harm to members
ELR 2001018-cv-02933 (APM)(D.D.C., )

A district court denied motions to remand and vacate EPA's decision to allow a no-discharge zone in Puget Sound.

Keywords:
Clean Water Act (CWA)
ELR 200091:18-CV-504-BLW(D. Idaho, )

A district court granted in part and denied in part a motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the U.S. Forest Service's approval of a mining company's permit to explore for gold in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest.

Keywords:
Discussion of, held inadequate
ELR 20005CV-19-28-GF-BMM(D. Mont., )

A district court denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to President Trump's issuance of a permit authorizing a pipeline company to construct a cross-border segment of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Keywords:
Executive Orders
ELR 200042:19-cv-0750-SI(D. Or., )

A district court vacated grazing permits renewed by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in response to a presidential pardon of a ranching company's prior criminal convictions.

Keywords:
Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
ELR 2001116-04873 and 17-00765(E.D. Pa., )

A district court denied the U.S. Navy's motion to stay a lawsuit concerning the release of perfluorochemicals from naval facilities in eastern Pennsylvania.

Keywords:
Toxic Substances (generally)

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