The court upholds a trial court's decision to admit expert testimony on the issue of causation in a case involving the destruction of oyster beds that allegedly resulted from an oil spill off…
The court vacates a preliminary injunction forbidding local, state, and federal government officials from taking further action to widen a municipal street in Goshen, Indiana. No formal proposal…
The court holds that a district court improperly admitted expert scientific testimony in an action alleging injuries from exposure to hazardous substances through the operation of a uranium mill.…
The court reverses a district court decision vacating a $25,000 fine against two individuals that violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) by trenching, grading, and filling wetlands without a permit.…
The court affirms a district court certification of a class of homeowners to determine a factory's liability, but not damages, for allegedly contaminating the homeowners' soil and…
The court affirms a district court decision denying residents' request to preliminarily enjoin a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (the Corps') permit allowing the use of federal waters…
The court holds that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, 532 U.S. 598 (2001), did…
The court upholds a district court order enjoining the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and three Rhode Island employees from proceeding in an administrative adjudication of the employees'…
The court reverses a district court judgment denying Florida's and a hydropower company's motions to intervene as defendants in Georgia's lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of…
The court reverses a district court's denial on timeliness grounds of environmental groups' motion to intervene in a suit between the United States and a county regarding the status of a…