The First Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying a motion to enjoin Maine state officials from allowing the use of any foothold traps to prevent the incidental take of Canadian lynx,…
The D.C. Circuit denied an environmental group's motion to preliminarily enjoin federal tax credits granted to an energy company for using "clean coal" technology at a new power…
The Fifth Circuit refused to reinstate the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. In June, a district court granted an offshore service company's motion to enjoin…
A district court granted an offshore service company's motion to enjoin the federal government's six-month general moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The…
A district court denied environmental groups’ motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the use of genetically engineered sugar beets. On the likelihood of success on the merits, the…
The Third Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying a mining company's motion to expand a preliminary injunction and enjoin asbestos claims against the state of Montana arising from the…
A district court denied a religious congregation's motion for a preliminary injunction under RCRA ordering the former owner of a gas station to clean up contamination beneath their church. In…
The Tenth Circuit upheld a lower court decision denying Oklahoma's motion to preliminarily enjoin a food producer from disposing of poultry waste on lands within the Illinois River watershed…
The Ninth Circuit temporarily stayed the expansion of a phosphate mine located near the Idaho-Wyoming border. Environmental groups filed a motion to preliminarily enjoin the project, arguing that…
The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court decision denying the trucking industry's motion to preliminarily enjoin two California ports from implementing "concession…