A district court denied the U.S. government's motion to empanel a sentencing jury to determine an oil company's gross pecuniary gain stemming from CAA and Migratory Bird Treaty Act…

The Ninth Circuit affirmed an individual's 10-year sentence for starting nine wildland fires on National Forest Service land. The lower court did not err in calculating the advisory…

The court vacates and remands a six-level sentencing enhancement imposed against the operator of a foreign vessel for failing to keep an accurate "oil record book" in violation of &…

The court vacates an individual's sentence for illegally dredging North Carolina's Croatan Sound during a bridge construction project and remands the case for resentencing. The district…

The court holds that a district court erroneously granted a four-level downward departure in the sentencing of an individual for improperly discharging a pollutant into navigable waters and…

The court upholds a district court decision ordering the upward adjustment of sentencing for three labor contractors who violated the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the Social Security Act in connection…