The Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision remanding to state court residents' class action lawsuit against a chemical company in connection with a chemical release at one of its…
The D.C. Circuit denied an environmental group's motion to preliminarily enjoin federal tax credits granted to an energy company for using "clean coal" technology at a new power…
The Fifth Circuit refused to reinstate the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. In June, a district court granted an offshore service company's motion to enjoin…
A district court granted an offshore service company's motion to enjoin the federal government's six-month general moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The…
The U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court abused its discretion in enjoining the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) from effecting a partial deregulation of Roundup Ready…
The Seventh Circuit upholds a lower court decision denying an environmental group's request to rescind or modify a court order requiring it to post a $10,000 bond after it asked for and was…
The Federal Circuit held that landowners seeking compensation for the alleged taking of their respective reversionary property interests under the National Trail Systems Act were permitted to opt…
A district court denied the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's motion to transfer to the U.S. District Court of Delaware various claims filed against it by environmental groups and the New Jersey…
A district court denied environmental groups’ motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the use of genetically engineered sugar beets. On the likelihood of success on the merits, the…
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s denial of environmental groups’ motion to intervene in a county action against the United States to quiet title to several purported…