The court permanently enjoins further spraying of the phenoxy herbicides 2,4,5-T and silvex for vegetation control in the Siuslaw National Forest after determining that the Forest Service's environmental impact statement (EIS) for the spraying program is inadequate. The mere fact that the program in...

The New York Court of Appeals holds that a village's unreasonable delay in improving its sewer system, which prevents a landowner from hooking up to the municipal system, may, on sufficient proof, be an unconstitutional taking of private property without compensation. Appellee planned to construct a...

The appellate court rules that the lower court erred in granting a preliminary injunction preventing the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) from proceeding with solicitation of bids and construction of a proposed vertical liftstyle bridge over the Red River in Rapides Pari...

Granting defendants motion for summary judgment, the court dismisses a complaint which sought to enjoin a federally funded highway repair and renovation project pending compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§4321-4361, ELR STAT. & REG. 41009, and the National...

The court rules that appellants may not proceed under a trespass theory in their action for damages caused by noise from a nearby steel plant. It holds that noise alone, without damage to property, is not sufficient to support a trespass claim. The court notes that the trial court had previously den...

Affirming the lower court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that, pursuant to the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, the state Department of Environmental Resources (DER) may order the closing of a landfill and cleanup of the pollution discharged. The landfill operators had failed to comply with or...

The court holds that suits brought by residents of Jefferson County, Missouri, charging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with negligence for failure to warm them of a dioxin contaminated landfill or to remove the contaminated soil are barred by the discretionary function exception to the Fe...

The court rules that a district court has jurisdiction under §304 of the Clean Air Act to hear a suit seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a state implementation plan (SIP) provision to replace a state provision disapproved by EPA, even though that disapproval is...

The court holds that the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a transmission line project on federal land within Henderson, Nevada, adequately addressed alternative routes for the line and its potential health hazards. Henderson first claims that the transmission line crosses a small parcel of n...

The court holds that an environmental group that sued to enjoin a proposed outer continental shelf oil and gas lease sale off Georges Bank is entitled to attorney fees under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) even though the district court ...