all - Opinion Summaries

Cape Concord Homeowners Assn. v. City of Escondido

Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law, Government Law
In a suit brought by a homeowners association against a City, seeking a refund for sewer service fees paid in connection with water that plaintiff...

Ohio Valley Envt'l Coalition v. Fola Coal Co.

Water Law, Environmental Law
In a suit brought by environmental groups brought this action against a coal company, alleging that the company had violated the Clean Water Act and...

Natural Resources Defense Council v. County of Los Angeles

Water Law, Environmental Law
In an action alleging that the County defendants were discharging polluted stormwater in violation of the terms of their National Pollutant Discharge...

Millview Co. Water Dist. v. State Water Resources Control Bd.

Water Law, Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees
In an action seeking attorney fees from Board-defendant under Code of Civil Procedure 1021.5, arguing plaintiffs had conferred a substantial public...

Jamison v. Department of Transportation

Civil Procedure, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation, Water Law, Government Law
In an action arising over a dispute between Caltrans' maintenance of an easement for State Route 49 and the impact on the fee holder's irrigation of...

People v. Davis

Water Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for petty theft of water, Pen. Code section 488, is reversed where there cannot be a simple larceny of uncaptured flowing water.

Dept. of Finance v. Commission on State Mandates

Water Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities, Constitutional Law
In an action concerning who pays for storm drains, the Court of Appeal's conclusion that the Regional Water Quality Control Board for Los Angeles's...

California-American Water Co. v. Marina Coast Water Dist.

Government Contracts, Government Law, Contracts, Water Law
In a government contracts action, arising out of an agreement between defendant public agencies and plaintiff water company to collaborate on a water...

Glacier Fish Co. LLP v. Pritzker

Water Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the fee imposed on plaintiff pursuant to the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) cost recovery program developed under...

Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Secretary Pennsylvania Dep't of Environmental Protection

Water Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a petition for review of water quality-related permitting actions by New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a project by the company which operates the...