A district court denied the United States’ motion to dismiss a complaint, brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), in which plaintiff alleged that exposure to contaminants…
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurance company in an action under CERCLA and the California Hazardous Substance Account Act to…
A district court denied the United States’ motion to dismiss a complaint, brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), in which plaintiff alleged that exposure to contaminants…
A district court denied the United States’ motion to dismiss a complaint, brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), in which plaintiff alleged that exposure to contaminants…
The First Circuit vacated a lower court decision that denied class certification to property owners in their action against the owners and operators of a barge that discharged a substantial amount…
A Colorado appellate court reversed a lower court decision to hold that the Colorado Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) prevented the state from increasing the coal removal tax rate without prior…
New York’s highest court affirmed a lower court decision that denied petitioners, who own and operate a hydroelectric dam, a CPLR article 78 petition in the nature of prohibition to…
A district court granted the United States’ motion for summary judgment to find that certain timber harvesting provisions of a forest management plan did not violate the Alaska National Interest…
New York’s highest court affirmed a lower court decision that denied petitioners, who own and operate a hydroelectric dam, a CPLR article 78 petition in the nature of prohibition to…
The California Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision to hold that an environmental group’s mandamus petition, which challenged a county’s approval of an agreement…