A California appeals court affirmed a lower court’s denial of environmental group’s petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant county’s revision and…

A California appellate court denied a challenge by a group of trade associations to a trial court’s ruling that upheld the listing of two coho salmon populations as endangered and threatened under…

On certification from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the New York Court of Appeals held that an open space restriction imposed by a subdivision plat under New York Town Law…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court's grant of a peremptory writ of mandamus in favor of an environmental group that set aside defendant city's approval of a housing…

A North Carolina appeals court denied respondent agency’s appeal of a lower court's reversal of the agency's assessment of a civil penalty for petitioner's failure to meet certain…

The Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded summary judgment for defendants on plaintiffs' claims of intentional trespass, permanent private nuisance, and strict liability based on alleged soil…

The First Circuit denied appellants' motion seeking to reverse a July 2005 order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granting conditional approval for a liquefied natural gas…

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee title insurance company finding that the undisclosed existence of an abandoned septic tank…

A California appellate court denied an appeal of a post-judgment award of attorney fees to plaintiff as the successful party in a proceeding under the California Environmental Quality Act…

The Federal Circuit affirmed the lower court’s judgment that no taking occurred on a Pennsylvania family farm where a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency consent decree required…