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M&J Coal Co. v. United States

The court holds that a Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) against mining companies was not a regulatory taking of the companies' property. The action required the co...

Loveladies Harbor, Inc. v. United States

The court affirms a Court of Federal Claims decision that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a residential development company's request for a Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §404 permit to fill wetlands was a complete regulatory taking of the property for which the permit was ...

Nebraska v. Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Comm'n

The court holds that the state of Nebraska's challenge to the siting of a regional low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) disposal facility in that state is barred by the regional LLRW disposal compact's 60-day limitation period. The state claimed that the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste ...

Koppers Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Sur. Co.

The court holds that under Pennsylvania law, the "sudden and accidental" exception to a pollution exclusion in a comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurance policy does not cover an on-going discharge of landfill pollutants that eventually find their way into the surrounding environment. The hol...

New York v. Blank

The court holds that pollution exclusion clauses in three comprehensive general liability insurance policies do not relieve insurers of their duty to defend a pesticide company and its president in a suit by the state of New York under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liab...

Aeroquip Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Sur. Co.

The court holds that an insurer is not liable under a tenant's comprehensive general liability policies for the property owner's cleanup costs resulting from a diesel fuel leak from an underground fuel tank that the tenants installed on the leased property. After obtaining a judgment from the tenant...

Landmark West! v. U.S. Postal Serv.

The court upholds the U.S. Postal Service's (Postal Service's) determination that an environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for a project involving the Postal Service's sale of its leasehold interest in an old post office site, the con...

SDDS, Inc. v. South Dakota

The court holds that a state referendum that nullified a statute approving the construction and operation of a municipal solid waste facility did not violate the Equal Protection Clause, Commerce Clause, or Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution because the facility never had a valid permit. A ...

Alabama-Tombigbee Rivers Coalition v. Department of the Interior

The court affirms a district court injunction against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's use of a scientific report prepared in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that supported the listing of the Alabama sturgeon as an endangered species. The court first holds that injunctive ...