A California appellate court held that a county violated the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the county's general plan, and the state water code when it issued a conditional use…

A district court dismissed the claims of the three remaining plaintiffs in a toxic tort case arising from the alleged release of radioactive and other hazardous substances from a uranium mill in…

The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld the state's approval of a public utility's petition to construct an integrated gasification combined-cycle electric power plant. A statutory…

The Third Circuit held that a bankruptcy court properly allowed New York's claim for soil and groundwater contamination damages against a bankrupt gasoline distributor. New York obtained a…

A district court denied a railroad's motion to bring the state of Montana into an environmental contamination lawsuit between private property owners and the railroad. The state is immune…

The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court's entry of summary judgment in favor of the U.S. government dismissing a property owner's claim that he is entitled to an easement to access his…

The Federal Circuit affirmed in part and remanded in part a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States in a water district's breach of contract and takings…

A California appellate court upheld a land use commission's decision to hold a hearing on a developer's application to construct a 43-unit housing project on coastal property. The…

A California appellate court affirmed the dismissal of environmental groups' lawsuit against the owners and operators of wind turbine electric generators for killing and injuring raptors and…

A district court held that the Clean Air Act (CAA) does not preempt a local air district rule that requires developers to reduce nitrogen oxide and particulate matter emissions from their projects…