A district court denied a manufacturing company's motion to certify for interlocutory appeal certain questions pertaining to its statute of limitations and claim preclusion defenses in an…

The Fifth Circuit held that parties to the class action settlement agreement concerning economic and property damages stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill may seek appellate review of…

The court held that it lacked appellate jurisdiction over a lower court's partial grant of summary judgment in favor of the parent company of a chemical plant in Bhopal, India, that allegedly…

The Tenth Circuit dismissed intervenors' appeal of a district court order approving a settlement in a suit originally filed to halt a wilderness inventory to assess whether several million…

The court dismisses an individual's appeal of a district court order dismissing his motion to vacate two Resource Conservation and Recovery Act criminal convictions and adopting a magistrate…

The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction over an appeal from a judgment that assessed Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act response costs and damages against a…

The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction over a building association's appeal of a decision upholding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS') listing of four species of fairy…

The court holds that a Florida county's Endangered Species Act (ESA) §10 incidental take permit does not authorize it to take protected sea turtles through purely mitigatory measures…

The court holds that a corporation's insurance policy covered costs related to the 1979 discovery of contamination resulting from a 1974 perchloroethylene (PERC) spill. The court first notes…

The court holds that an insurance company does not owe a duty to defend and indemnify policyholders in an action arising out of the policyholders' maintenance of a solid waste dump on…