The court affirms a district court decision allocating liability among past and present owners for contamination at an oil refinery site. The refinery was built in 1929 by a gasoline company. In 1984 it was spun off to a wholly owned subsidiary of the company that agreed to assume all responsibility...

The court reverses and remands a district court decision holding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to review an environmental group's claims that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ...

The court holds that it lacked power under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to grant an environmental group's request to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to disclose information addressing EPA's nationwide administration of CAA petitions. The group submitted petitions under the CAA to EP...

The court denies heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturers' motions to modify consent decrees they entered into with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to settle claims that they violated the Clean Air Act and its implementing regulations by selling engines that emitted excess pollution and...

The court holds that it must abstain from hearing a case brought by property owners who claimed that a county ordinance making the lake on which their property sits a "no wake" lake is invalid under the Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA) and constitutes a taking in v...

The court holds that individuals and state agencies have standing to bring suit against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for possible damages from heightened water salinity that will occur in their area due to the BLM's water resources management plan even though the individuals and state agencie...

The court holds that intervenors in an environmental group's Endangered Species Act (ESA) suit lacked standing to appeal a district court's decision upholding a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biological opinion (BO) for the endangered silvery minnow. The group alleged that the BO was lacking b...

The court upholds the dismissal of a subcontractor's Contract Disputes Act and Tucker Act claims against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that arose in connection with the cleanup of a nuclear waste site at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratories complex near Idaho Falls, Id...

The court affirms a district court decision that a company is collaterally estopped from seeking indemnity from its insurer in a hazardous waste contamination case due to a prior state court ruling. The company was sued for trespass and negligence by its neighbor in state court when an underground s...

A court granted the government's transfer of venue motion in a case brought by aviation groups challenging the government's decision designating a Marine Corps air station in California for a park with mixed use development. The groups brought the case challenging the government's compliance with th...