The court affirms a lower court's decision to deny a recycling company's motion to strike a default judgment issued against it for violating state hazardous waste laws, but vacates the final order and remands the case because the lower court failed to conduct a hearing on the relief requested by the...

The court holds that because a land developer failed to receive an appealable final decision on its wetlands development permit application, the developer's takings claim against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not ripe and must be dismissed as premature. The Corps, after receiving the developer...

The court holds that government agents did not violate the Fourth Amendment when they searched a trailer rented by an asbestos removal contractor who arranged for the disposal of asbestos from three elementary schools. The court first holds that the contractor did not have a legitimate expectation o...

The court affirms a district court ruling and holds that domestic corporations conducting mining activities in the Pacific Rim did not violate international law. A resident of the Republic of Indonesia alleged that the corporations' mining operations caused environmental abuses, human rights violati...

The court reverses a district court decision and holds that, under Vermont law, an insurance policy's pollution exclusion precludes the insurer's duty to indemnify a clothing manufacturer for liability and defense costs incurred in response to claims arising from contamination at the manufacturer's ...

The court affirms a trial court decision and holds that a company cannot challenge an air pollution authority's regulatory classification before a pollution control hearing board. After the air pollution authority imposed a $182 registration fee on the company, the company appealed to the pollution ...

The court affirms a district court holding that a total pollution exclusion clause does not exempt an insurer from defending a painting company for an individual's personal injuries caused by exposure to toxic chemicals that were used by the painting company in the course of its business. The insura...

The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction to review an underground natural gas storage facility's injunctive and declaratory relief action challenging a state environmental agency's permit modification requirements. The facility sought to increase its storage capacity by including natural gas throu...

The court upholds a district court approval of a class action settlement between an oil company and landowners whose properties were contaminated as a result of underground oil seepage originating from the company's petroleum refinery. Various class members objected to the settlement, which divided ...

The court affirms a district court decision to use a Fed. R. Civ. P. 71A authorized federal land commission instead of a jury trial to determine the amount of just compensation a property owner would receive due to the condemnation of its property by a gas company for the construction of gas lines. ...