The court enjoins defendant's discharges of asbestos-like fibers into the air and Lake Superior after finding that exposure to these fibers can produce cancer and other asbestos related diseases. Several municipalities, including Duluth, use this portion of the lake for drinking water, and the court...

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals stays for 70 days a district court order enjoining defendants' discharge of taconite tailings containing asbestos-like fibers into Lake Superior. The stay is subject to the condition the defendants take prompt steps to prepare and implement an appropriate plan for...

The court upholds an AEC order issuing an operating license to the Boston Edison Company for its Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station after finding that the Commission's action did not violate either NEPA, the Atomic Energy Act, or the Administrative Procedure Act. The final environmental impact statement'...

Commercial fishermen seek damages under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953 for loss of potential fishing profits resulting from the Santa Barbara oil spill caused by defendant oil company's negligence. The Ninth Circuit Courtof Appeals holds that the oil company owed a duty to the fisherm...

The court rules that the Federal-aid Highway Act of 1973 terminated federal involvement in a proposed section of a highway passing through parklands and thereby manifested Congress' intent to exempt the roadway from the requirements of NEPA and §4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act. The cou...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals files an opinion that withdraws and clarifies its earlier opinion in the case, but does not disturb its prior ruling prohibiting an award of attorney fees against the State of Ohio. The court asserts that the Supreme Court's summary affirmance without opinion of a ...

The court grants summary judgment to defendants after finding that regulations enacted by the D.C. City Council which amend the city's Clean Air Act implementation plan constitute a revision of the plan rather than a postponement within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. §1857(c)-5 (f). The regulations, whic...

The court declares the Colorado Ground Water Management Act of 1965 to be invalid under the Colorado State Constitution insofar as the act relates to ground water tributary to a surface stream. The court rules that the power given the state Ground Water Commission to grant or refuse a permit to dril...

The court reverses a district court order requiring the Secretary of the Interior to pay plaintiff's attorney fees and expenses in a successful suit against agency regulations governing water allocations. Statutory liberalization of the traditional judicial doctrine prohibiting awards of costs to pa...

The Supreme Court affirms Justice Douglas' grant of a stay of construction pending appeal in the Warm Springs Dam case.
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