Governance

The court holds that Ohio statutes and regulations restricting commercial fishing of walleye and yellow perch do not violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The court first holds…

Present BECKER, STAPLETON, MANSMANN, SCIRICA, COWEN, NYGAARD, ALITO, ROTH, LEWIS, McKEE and SAROKIN, Circuit Judges.
The court holds that under New Jersey law, a chemical transporter is…

The court holds that legislation applying the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act exemption from Endangered Species Act (ESA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements to the…

The court affirms a district court determination that §2001(k)(1) of the 1995 Rescissions Act is constitutional and does not violate separation of powers by permitting Congress to resurrect timber…

The court holds that a county's imposition of conditions on commercial developers' master plan for three parcels of property did not violate the developers' rights to substantive…

The court holds ripe for adjudication an oil company's action for a declaratory judgment that the estate of its predecessor's deceased owner is liable under the Comprehensive…

The court denies a private-property owner injunctive relief on its claim that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA employees violated the Fourth Amendment to the U.S.…

The court affirms a district court order directing the U.S. government to release, under §2001(k)(1) of the Fiscal Year 1995 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and…

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was not constitutionally barred from considering a facility's boiler and industrial furnace (BIF) permit application while…

The court holds that three doctors' testimony that exposure to radiation from thorium tailings caused plaintiff to contract polycythemia vera (PV) is not admissible under Fed. R. Civ. P. 702…