Overruling Geer v. Connecticut, its long-standing decision justifying state regulation of wildlife under the doctrine of state ownership, the Supreme Court strikes down as unconstitutional an Oklahoma law banning the export for sale of minnows obtained in the state after finding that the measure vio...

After preliminarily enjoining establishment of a Job Corps center in a residential community, the court lifts its injunction based on its finding that the action does not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the environment and thus does not require preparation of an environment...

The Supreme Court rules that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) does not require federal agencies to prepare environmental impact statements (EISs) to accompany appropriations requests. Unanimously reversing a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circ...

The court grants defendants' motion for summary judgment in a suit challenging the legality of regulations issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 insofar as they prohibit importation of all green sea trutle products ...

The Michigan Supreme Court reverses the lower court's approval of appellee agency's issuance of permits allowing exploratory oil drilling in the Pigeon River Country State Forest. The Michigan Environmental Protection Act (1) forbids state agencies from taking action likely to pollute, impair, or de...

On review of several consolidated cases, the Supreme Court rules that pursuant to treaties entered into between Pacific Northwest Indian tribes and the United States in the 1850s, tribal fishers in the region are entitled to take roughly one-half of the annual fish harvests. Part of the consideratio...

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a lower court's issuance of an injunction against the demolition of buildings as part of an ongoing urban renewal project in Waterbury, Connecticut, finding violations of both the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Historic Preservat...

The court affirms the district court's dismissal of a suit seeking injunctive and declaratory relief against the operation of a federally owned parking lot in downtown Washington, D.C. Plaintiffs and their members have standing to challenge defendants' failure to comply with the requirements of the ...

The court rejects a challenge to an order by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) suspending on an emergency basis several uses of the herbicides 2,4,5-T and Silvex. Under §6(c)(3) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, the Administrator of the EPA is authorized to suspend...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that it lacks jurisdiction to review the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's veto of pollutant discharge permits that the California Water Resources Control Board proposed to issue for two pulp mills under §402 of the Federal Water Pollutio...