An appellate court reversed a lower court decision concerning the forfeiture of certain previously appropriated waters of the Kern River. The parties' primary dispute concerned the…

An appellate court reversed a lower court decision vacating an agreement between a water district and a water company for the sale and purchase of spring water. Local groups argued that the…

A court holds that a municipality may not lawfully require the owner of a private single-family residence who proposes to modify a portion of the interior of his residence, in an area not visible…

The court dismissed a landowner's takings claim against a county for denying it a variance from a local ordinance that prohibits landfills within three miles of a water-supply reservoir. The…

An appellate court reversed a lower court decision holding that insurers need not indemnify the state for damage caused to third parties due to the discharge of pollutants from the Stringfellow…

The court cut nearly in half the $4.5 billion punitive damages award against Exxon Mobil in connection with its 1989 oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The ratio of punitive damages to…

The court upheld a tax court's decision that taxpayers' conservation easements were qualified contributions under I.R.C. §170(h)(1). The Internal Revenue Service argued that the…

The court vacated and remanded a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurance company in a case involving building damage caused by particulate matter emanating from the…

The court dismissed individuals' claims for personal injuries and property damage against a company that contracted with an oil and gas corporation that engaged in radioactive tracer "…

The court reversed an award of costs that a lower court made to an irrigation district after denying farmers' petition for a writ of mandate to enforce the California Environmental Quality…