The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction over an appeal from a judgment that assessed Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act response costs and damages against a…

The court holds that a North Carolina town and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) did not violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act or the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in…

The court reinstates a neighborhood association's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Federal Aid Highway Act (FAHA) claims against federal and state agencies for failing to prepare…

Applying California law, the court holds that trespass and nuisance claims for land and groundwater contamination fall within the pollution exclusion clause of a company's insurance policy.…

The court affirms the dismissal of a land trust's action alleging that a coal company that owned the mineral rights to a tract of the trust's land violated the Surface Mining Control and…

The court holds that a district court properly reduced a $15 million punitive damage award to $4.35 million in a nuisance and trespass case against a mining company that contaminated neighboring…

The court affirms a district court decision ordering the perpetuation of a landfill employee's testimony before the commencement of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Comprehensive…

The court upholds a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that allows the Agency to issue variances from general Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) treatment standards if such…

The court affirms a district court grant of summary judgment in favor of a manufacturer alleged to have contributed to a Michigan river's polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) contamination. An…

The Court holds that several bands of Chippewa Native Americans retain the right to hunt, fish, and gather on lands in Wisconsin and Minnesota that were ceded to the United States in an 1837…