A district court denied Louisiana's motion to remand to state court its lawsuit against BP for damages stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Louisiana originally filed the complaint…
A district court denied coal companies' motion to transfer and/or consolidate an environmental group's CWA and SMCRA action against them for surface mine discharges with another case…
A district court granted an individual's motion to remand to state court her personal injury lawsuit against a chemical company and its successors for damages stemming from the unlawful…
A district court held that the state of New Jersey waived its right to pursue natural resource damages in its lawsuit against a company concerning groundwater contamination on property located in…
A district court dismissed a hunting and fishing organization's NEPA and FLPMA claims against the BLM challenging its approval of oil and gas operations in the Pinedale Anticline natural gas…
A district court held that a request for information from EPA to a cement company under CERCLA §104(e) constitutes a "suit" under the terms of the company's insurance…
The Ninth Circuit dismissed environmental groups' claims against the U.S. Forest Service challenging revisions it made to regulations implementing the Forest Service Decisionmaking and…
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision denying a Native American tribe's motion to intervene in a dispute between Oklahoma and a poultry company regarding the company's…
A Texas appellate court affirmed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's denial of a city's hearing request concerning a dairy's application for a major amendment to its…
The Ninth Circuit held that the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) preempts three local government agency rules aimed at limiting air pollution from idling trains. The…