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People ex rel. Younger v. El Dorado, County of

Writ of mandate issued requiring defendants, two California counties, to pay to Tahoe Regional Planning Agency funds allocated by Agency, a regional instrument created by compact between California and Nevada and ratified by Congress entrusted with the duty of establishing a regional land use scheme...

S.O.U.P., Inc. v. Federal Trade Comm'n

Request of corporation formed to advance the public interest for permission to pursue appeal from F.T.C. decision in forma pauperis denied. A corporation which may otherwise qualify under the statute as "a person . . . unable to pay" the costs of a lawsuit should not be exempted from these...

Lufkin, City of v. Gibson

Gibson v. Ruckelshaus, 1 ELR 20337 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 1, 1971), reversed and remanded to district court for consideration of whether any relief for plaintiff Gibson is appropriate. Court at oral argument indicated that case must be reversed, vacated or otherwise set aside and directed counsel to collab...

United States v. Joseph G. Moretti, Inc.

Where defendant proceeded with dredge and fill operations in Florida Bay at accelerated pace in connection with construction of trailer court after notification by Corps of Engineers that permit was required under Refuse Act of 1899, where Corps decided against issuance of permit, and where evidence...

United States v. Georgetown Univ.

Georgetown University found not guilty of Refuse Act violation in connection with spillage of oil into Potomac River from heating and cooling plant under construction where testing of system was under exclusive control of independent contractor. University employee who failed to turn system off was ...

Northern States Power Co. v. Minnesota

Congress has, by implication, preempted the field with respect to regulating radioactive waste releases from nuclear power plants thereby obviating the need for power company to comply with stricter state standards. [See district court decision at 1 ELR 20218.] Key statutory provision under Atomic E...

United States v. Florida Power & Light Co.

Final judgment agreed upon by parties with respect to both complaint and counterclaim without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law involved in litigation. Defendant agrees to construct Card Sound Canal within four years upon securing necessary state and federal permits and shall in the ...

Texas Comm. on Natural Resources v. Resor

Further construction of the Cooper Dam and Channels Project on the Sulphur River preliminarily enjoined because the Corps of Engineers, in disregard of the requirements of NEPA, 42 U.S.C. §§4321 and 4331 et seq., did not develop procedures that incorporated an interdisciplinary approach to decisio...

Society of the Plastics Indus. v. New York, City of

New York City ordinance which imposes a 2-cent tax on the sale of plastic containers, in order to promote recycling and to reduce solid waste disposal problem, appears to lack a rational basis for discriminating against plastic, because it does not impose similar taxes on paper, fibre, glass, metal,...

National Helium Corp. v. Morton

Opinion of district court, 1 ELR 20157, enjoining Interior Secretary from cancelling helium purchase contract prior to filing environmental impact statement under NEPA, affirmed. Assertion of NEPA argument by appellees supplies federal question necessary for jurisdiction. Similarly, alleged NEPA vio...