The court overrules a state appellate court decision holding that two bankruptcy trustees may be personally liable for violating Wisconsin's hazardous waste act after being appointed trustees in a liquidation proceeding. The state alleged that the trustees had allowed hazardous waste to be stored fo...

The court holds that none of the parties challenging the Virginia State Water Control Board's issuance of a state pollutant discharge elimination system (SPDES) permit to the city of Galax for the building of an enlarged sewage treatment plant has standing under Virginia's Administrative Process Act...

The court holds that the district court, in applying the rule of reason, did not abuse its discretion in dissolving an injunction when it held that the environmental impact statements (EISs) produced by the National Park Service (NPS), concerning the impact of any possible future mining activity in ...

The court holds in a case of first impression under Delaware law that the term "contaminants" in a comprehensive general liability policy pollution exclusion clause is unambiguous and carries no implied scienter element. The court holds that when a polluter discharges contaminants, whether or not he...

The court holds that a regulation of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) providing that the Board may close meetings, or portions of meetings, involving deliberations on its recommendations relating to the public health and safety, does not violate the Government in the Sunshine Act....

The court vacates and remands a magistrate judge's decision that a Florida county's land use plan resulted in a taking of waterfront property under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, because the magistrate judge misapplied the legal standard for partial takings and failed ...

The court, in a sequel case to Seattle Audubon Society v. Evans, 22 ELR 20372, enjoins the U.S. Forest Service from making additional timber sales in U.S. Forest Service Regions Five and Six that would log suitable habitat for the northern spotted owl until revised standards and guidelines complying...

The court denies a suggestion for rehearing en banc of its prior decision in Natural Resources Defense Council v. Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 22 ELR 21381, which held that the Board's regulation allowing it to close meetings, or portions of meetings, concerning its recommendations relat...

The court holds that a district court properly ruled that the Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT's) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) claim for response costs against the successor of a bankrupt railroad four years after the close of b...

The court holds that a district court properly denied attorney fees to the sponsor of a small hydroelectric project for its attempts to obtain declaratory relief in administrative proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), but the district court erred by denying attorney fee...