Appellants from Board order establishing watershed district for conservation purposes have failed to prove that order was unsupported by substantial evidence viewing record as a whole and appeal must, therefore, fail. Order neither arbitrary nor capricious despite opposition of 700 upland landowners...
The California Forest Practice Act attempts to delegate to administrative panels dominated by the timber industry legislative authority to promulgate forest practice rules without providing necessary standards for the exercise of that authority and therefore, violates both the California and federal...
Opinion of three-judge district court dismissing qui tam action in Bass Anglers Sportsman Society of America, Inc., v. United States Steel Corp., 1 ELR 20102, affirmed.
Counsel for Plaintiff:Joseph J. Levin, Jr.Levin & DeesP.O. Box 2087Washington Bldg.Montgomer, AL 36103(205) 262-4807
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Legal fees paid by the taxpayer to a private law firm for the firm's services in opposing highway construction through land thatthe taxpayer had earlier donated to the United States for park purposes are deductible as charitable contributions under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. The fees ...
Where environmental impact statement filed by Army engineer district on April 20, 1971, in connection with the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project was identical to general plan and profile set forth in first design memorandum approved by the Corps on April 12, 1962, where Corps indicated that it is...
Suit to enjoin the construction of an Interstate highway for failure of state and federal highway officials to comply with provisions of federal law which mandate public hearings and which require the minimization of environmental degradation caused by federally assisted highway projects is dismisse...
Defendants' motion to dismiss denied. To establish violation of §407 of the Refuse Act of 1899, government need not prove that refuse discharge impeded navigation. Willful, knowing discharge into navigable waters without permit is sufficient to establish offense. Nor must government allege that dis...
Construction loan by HUD of more than $3.1 million for high-rise apartment building for student occupancy in area where none presently exists is "major" federal undertaking that will have a "significant impact upon the quality of the human environment" in the area involved and thus requires the fili...
Where state Business and Professions Code requires ocean coastline subdivisions to provide public access to land below ordinary high watermark, where County Planning Commission required that developer provide footpath for public in compliance with Code, and where Board of Supervisors reversed ruling...
Plaintiffs' motion for partial summary judgment declaring that Section 5 of the Reclamation Act of 1902 is still in effect is granted. Section 5 makes residency a condition precedent to the right to receive water from federal irrigation projects. The government's contention that the residency requir...