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...

The court holds that it did not need to abstain from hearing an environmental group's motion seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against a landfill operator that violated its state permit and subjected itself to classification as a municipal solid waste landfill under the Resource Conservation...

The court affirms a U.S. Court of Federal Claims' decision that it lacked jurisdiction over an exotic bird breeder's takings and breach of contract claims against the government. In 1989, the breeder entered into a breeding loan agreement with an individual who subsequently became an informant for t...

The court holds that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine to hear individuals' claim that their due process rights were violated when city officials terminated their building permit without first conducting a hearing or independent investigation on the validity of ...

The court holds that two individuals lacked standing to challenge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (the Corps') issuance of a permit to a developer for the construction of a sewer line from a housing development to a county pumping station. The individuals previously challenged the Corps' issuance ...

The court dismisses a landowner's takings claims against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) and Minnesota state agencies for rejecting his proposed wetland replacement plan and ordering him to remove an access road on the property and to restore the wetlands on his lots. The landowner buil...

The court affirms a lower court decision holding a landowners' takings claim against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) ripe, but reverses the lower court's decision that the taking was permanent. The Corps' denial of the landowners' fill permit application was a final decision rendering t...