The court rules that a seal hunt on the Pribilof Islands scheduled pursuant to the Interim Convention for the Conservation of the North Pacific Fur Seal does not violate the Fur Seal Act (FSA), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The court first ...

The court holds constitutional the requirement of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act that violators of the Act prepay their penalties before obtaining review.
Counsel for AppellantDavid A. Burkhalter IIBurkhalter & JohnsonP.O. Box 11841, Knoxville TN 37919(615) 584-0241
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The court rules that the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) 1980 rule requiring motor vehicle manufacturers to repair all vehicles in a class recalled for violations of the Clean Air Act, including those that have exceeded their statutory "useful lives," is an interpretative rule not subject ...

The court rules that plaintiff has stated a claim for which relief can be granted in its action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for response costs and natural resource damages from defendant, who sold waste oil contaminated with hazardous subs...

The court rules that the Corps of Engineers did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §404(b)(1) guidelines in granting an FWPCA §404 permit to fill wetlands in the Hackensack Meadows, N...

The court refuses to grant appellants' emergency motion to enjoin a seal hunt on the Pribiolof Islands holding that appellants have failed to meet the extraordinarily high burden needed to stay an executive act involving foreign affairs. In fact, appellants have failed to meet even the ordinary burd...

The court rules that a third party that closely monitored litigation on an issue and chose not to press its right of intervention when it became clear that its interests would not be protected, can be precluded from later filing suit to attack the results of a consent decree resolving the litigation...

The court rules that new health studies did not constitute significant new information requiring the Navy to supplement its environmental impact statement (EIS) on Project ELF, its extremely low frequency (ELF) submarine communication facility, and that the district court erred in enjoining the proj...

The court rules that the Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by not preparing an environmental impact statement (EIS) and worst case analysis for its seven-year action plan for sales of timber in the Mapleton District of the Suislaw National Forest. The court first r...

After ruling for federal defendants in this pesticide suit, 12 ELR 20769, and being reversed on appeal, 13 ELR 20901, the district court awards plaintiffs attorney fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), reduced because of the attorneys' failure to properly document their time. The court ...