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Quapaw Tribe of Okla. v. Blue Tee Corp.

A district court held that the state of Oklahoma is not an indispensable party in a Native American tribe's action for natural resources damages against the successor entities of mining companies that operated in the former Tri-State Mining District. The natural resources at issue are located solely...

Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Inc. v. Energy Facilities Siting Bd.

Massachusetts' highest court upheld a Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board decision approving a power company's petition to build and operate two electric transmission lines to connect a proposed offshore wind-powered energy generating facility to the regional electric power grid. The power ...

Association of Am. RRs. v. South Coast Air Quality Management

The Ninth Circuit held that the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) preempts three local government agency rules aimed at limiting air pollution from idling trains. The rules have not become a part of California's EPA-approved SIP and, thus, do not have the force and effec...

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Fla. v. Corps of Eng'rs

The Eleventh Circuit upheld a lower court decision dismissing for lack of subject matter jurisdiction two lawsuits filed by a Native American tribe challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plans to replace a mile of the ground-level Tamiami Trail (U.S. Highway 41) with a bridge to increase the ...

Wilcox v. Homestake Mining Co.

The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing individuals' Price Anderson Act lawsuit against a mining company for injuries allegedly caused by their exposure to radiation from the company's uranium mill in New Mexico. The district court correctly granted summary judgment to the minin...

Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying a Native American tribe's motion to intervene in a dispute between Oklahoma and a poultry company regarding the company's alleged disposal of poultry waste in the Illinois River watershed. The state sought monetary and injunctive relief. More...

Wilderness Soc'y, Inc. v. Rey

The Ninth Circuit dismissed environmental groups' claims against the U.S. Forest Service challenging revisions it made to regulations implementing the Forest Service Decisionmaking and Appeals Reform Act (ARA). The revisions limit the scope and availability of notice, comment, and appeals procedures...

Waco, City of v. Texas Comm'n on Envtl. Quality

A Texas appellate court affirmed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's denial of a city's hearing request concerning a dairy's application for a major amendment to its concentrated animal feed operation permit. The amendment would allow the dairy to expand its dairy head capacity, increase...

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership v. Salazar

A district court dismissed a hunting and fishing organization's NEPA and FLPMA claims against the BLM challenging its approval of oil and gas operations in the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field in western Wyoming. Claims that the BLM violated FLPMA were dismissed because the record supports the a...

Tomlinson v. Alameda, County of

A California appellate court reversed and remanded a lower court decision that a proposed development project approved by a county was categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The county determined that the categorical exemption for in-fil...