The court upholds a district court approval of a class action settlement between an oil company and landowners whose properties were contaminated as a result of underground oil seepage originating…
The court upholds a contract between a gasoline corporation and the owner of a mobile home park in Shelby, Wisconsin, that requires the residents of the park to purchase their propane and natural…
The court holds that the failure of the United States to regulate the passage of a ship carrying nuclear waste through waters in the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is not a major federal…
The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction to review a mining corporation's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) claims arising from a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
The court affirms a lower court's decision to deny a recycling company's motion to strike a default judgment issued against it for violating state hazardous waste laws, but vacates the…
The court affirms a district court decision to use a Fed. R. Civ. P. 71A authorized federal land commission instead of a jury trial to determine the amount of just compensation a property owner…
The court holds that although a subpoena duces tecum issued by a manufacturer against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to produce certain discovery documents in a lawsuit in which it…
The court holds that the failure of two state air quality commissioners to disclose potential conflicts of interest did not invalidate a commission rule that amended the opacity and sulfur dioxide…
The court holds that a state environmental agency does not have standing to challenge the constitutionality of two state statutes that limited the agency's authority to set ordinary high…
The court holds that a state law preempted a county ordinance that placed a six-month moratorium on the construction of all sludge storage facilities, and, consequently, a wastewater firm could…