Center for Food Safety v. Environmental Protection Agency
A district court denied in part and dismissed in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit concerning the use of seeds treated with pesticides. The groups petitioned EPA to subject treated seeds to FIFRA, arguing the Agency could not exempt them from a separate registration...
California Coastkeeper Alliance v. Consumes Corp.
A district court granted summary judgment for an environmental group in a lawsuit alleging that an equestrian center was unlawfully discharging pollutants into waters of the United States. The group argued the center discharged wastewater into adjacent waters without an NPDES permit, which it was re...
Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. United States Forest Service
In an unpublished opinion, the Ninth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a 40,000-acre logging project in Malheur National Forest. An environmental group argued the Service violated NEPA by failing to adequately assess cumulative impacts, failin...