The court holds that plaintiffs, who are residents of New Haven, lack standing to bring an action under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act of 1971 challenging municipal construction of an olympic-size rowing course and other facilities in two city parks. Three-quarters of the nearly 300 ac...

The court grants partial summary judgment for plaintiffs in a citizen suit for declaratory and injunctive relief brought under §304 of the Clean Air Act. Defendant's power plant in Washington, D.C., has released visible emissions on more than 20 occasions since the currently operating boilers were ...

Although affirming the trial court's finding that plaintiff's proposed landfill conforms to applicable zoning laws, the court holds that the trial court failed to make sufficiently specific findings of fact under the Michigan Environmental Protection Act (MEPA), Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §§691.1201 et...

In a dispute over the boundary line between state-owned bottomlands and private riparian rights to the uplands on a navigable freshwater lake, the court affirms the trial court's judgment holding unconstitutional the statute fixing a specific and permanent boundary line.
Section 253.151, Florida St...

The court affirms the trial court's order, which temporarily enjoined the operator of a plant manufacturing asphalt shingles from violating the regulation of the Texas Air Control Board which limits opacity of emissions. In so doing, the court finds that both the injunction and the regulation are su...

The court denies a petition for review of Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) approval of a revision to Puerto Rico's air quality implementation plan which includes a new strategy for controlling sulfur dioxide emissions. The new strategy sets the limits on the amount of sulfur in fuel for eac...

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reverses a lower court's grant of a preliminary injunction against enforcement of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, promulgated under §211(a) of the Clean Air Act, which require the registration of motor vehicle fuels, including engine oil. An exa...

The court sets aside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's disapproval of the site preferred by the city of New Haven for construction of a secondary sewage treatment plant because the Administrator's decision did not conform to EPA's guidelines. The city prefers a plan which cal...

Holding that the public trust doctrine limits state allocation of water resources, the North Dakota Supreme Court reverses the trial court and orders it to hear a suit alleging that state water officials must devise water conservation plans relating to energy production facilities. After holding tha...

The court dismisses for lack of jurisdiction a citizen suit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's exemption of facilities located in the Mahoning River Valley from the effluent limitations for Phase II of the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Point Source category. The Adm...