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Communications Relay Corp. v. Los Angeles, County of

The court upheld a trial court decision denying property owners' petition for a writ of mandate ordering a county to issue permits to construct water wells on their property. The county refused to issue the permits because the owners failed to identify any person holding a "C-57" license pursuant to...

Forest Guardians v. Federal Emergency Management Agency

The court dismissed an environmental group's action to compel the Federal Emergency Management Agency to produce electronic mapping files that identify the location of structures insured under its national flood insurance program. The group sought the information in conjunction with its study of end...

People v. Patterson

The court held that the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794 does not vest members of the Tuscarora Indian Nation with off-reservation fishing rights on former Seneca lands. The case arose after a member of the Tuscarora Indian Nation was charged with violating a fishing regulation. He argued that the regu...

Mejia v. Los Angeles, City of

The court held that a city's approval of a residential development project and its adoption of a mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act was improper. The project may have significant, unmitigated environmental impacts on animal wildlife and traffic. An environm...

Judicial Watch v. Department of Energy

The court held that federal agencies may withhold from disclosure documents bearing upon the deliberative processes of the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG) pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Exemption 5. Although the NEPDG is not itself an "agency" subject to FOIA, FOI...

Protect Our Water v. Merced, County of

The court vacated a lower court order denying environmental groups' motion for attorneys fees in an underlying case challenging a surface mining operation permit. In that case, the groups sought, and eventually obtained, a writ of mandamus setting aside the permit. Pursuant to California Code of Civ...

Marine Forests Soc'y v. California Coastal Comm'n

The court held that California Coastal Act provisions governing the appointment and tenure of members of the California Coastal Commission do not violate the separation-of-powers clause of the California Constitution. The California Constitution, unlike the U.S. Constitution, does not categorically ...

Kelo v. New London, City of

The U.S. Supreme Court held that a city's proposed disposition of property owners' property, in a plan designed to revitalize the city's ailing economy, qualifies as a "public use" within the meaning of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. There is no allegation that a...

Berg v. Popham

The court held that a dry cleaner sufficiently alleged a claim for arranger liability under Alaska Statute §46.03.822(a)(4) against a company that sold and installed dry cleaning equipment to the cleaner. Because the case presented an issue of first impression, it was certified to the Alaska Su...

Jaasma v. Shell Oil Co.

The court reversed a district court's summary judgment order dismissing a property owner's claims that an oil company breached its obligations under a lease agreement to operate a gasoline station and that the owner had suffered cognizable damages as a result of that breach. A week before the end of...