Courts

The court holds moot a neighborhood association's claim that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it issued a permit for the construction of a…

The court holds that a trial court improperly excluded evidence central to a wool processing mill owner's case against the Finance Authority of Maine (FAME) under the Comprehensive…

The court denies environmental groups' motion to reopen a previous action and dismisses the groups' current action against the federal government in which the groups allege that the U.S…

The court holds that claim preclusion bars an individual's Clean Water Act (CWA) §§402 and 404 suit against a state and state employees for removal of a dam. In state court, the individual…

The court vacates a portion of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation in which it determined that oil-bearing wastewaters generated by the petroleum refining industry are solid…

The court denies motions to dismiss an engineering company's third-party Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (…

The court holds that a metal mining operator's claims against the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allegedly revising the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act'…

The court holds that under the Clean Air Act (CAA), federal entities cannot remove to federal court state and local government actions to enforce air quality laws. A California air quality…

The court holds that a lower court improperly dismissed a laundry detergent manufacturer's claim that an exclusive franchise agreement between a county and a solid waste handler violated the…

The court holds that a state court action brought by a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) potentially responsible party (PRP) to obtain from state…