The Supreme Court of South Dakota held that a town had the power to waive the distance requirements set forth in a county ordinance regulating the location of concentrated animal feeding…
The Wisconsin Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing an individual's defective design claims against manufacturers of white lead carbonate pigment, a substance once used…
A Georgia appellate court reversed a lower court decision invalidating a state environmental agency air quality permit allowing an energy company to construct a pulverized coal-fired electric…
The Sixth Circuit dismissed a miner's petition for writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of Labor to promulgate lower limits for the mount of dust and silica allowed in the air in mines.…
A district court dismissed, without prejudice, environmental group's CAA lawsuit challenging an energy company's plans to expand one of its coal-fired power plants. Four of the five…
A district court ruled that BLM, which entered into a settlement agreement concerning its management of federal forests in the northwestern United States, did not violate that agreement by…
An Arkansas appellate court struck down a state permit allowing an electric company to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant near the state's southwest border with Texas. The state…
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a metal coating company in underlying proceedings filed against it concerning soil…
The Supreme Court of California reversed a lower court decision holding that residents of a mobile home park may file suit against the county for failing to direct the park owner to notify the…
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying a business trade association's motion to intervene in a CWA enforcement action filed against a local sewer district by Missouri and…