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Freeman v. Blue Ridge Paper Prods., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law
The Class Action Fairness Act prevents plaintiffs from artificially structuring their suits to avoid federal jurisdiction. There is no colorable basis...

Devon Energy Corp. v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Pursuant to plaintiff's lease to extract coalbed methane from federal land in Wyoming, final order issued by US Department of the Interior (DOI)...

American Forest & Paper Assoc. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Petition for review of defendant-Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) interpretation of a term used in amendment to the Public Utility...

State of North Carolina v. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a per curiam decision reviewing challenges to aspects of the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), cases are remanded to defendant-EPA without vacatur...

FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In dispute regarding plaintiff's effort to secure a renewal of an operating license from defendant-federal commission plaintiff's attempts to get a...

Sierra Club v. Env. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Petitions to review the final rules promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempting major sources of air pollution from normal...

Salmon Spawning & Recovery Alliance v. US Customs & Border Prot.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, International Trade
In a suit alleging violations of defendants' duties under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in failing to enforce a ban on importing endangered and...

Town of Marshfield v. Fed. Aviation Admin.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Petition for review of agency decision to reroute aircraft approaching and departing Logan airport is denied. Agency did not err in finding that these...

N. Carolina Fisheries Ass'n, Inc. v. Gutierrez

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Circuit court lacks jurisdiction to hear appeal regarding dispute between fisheries and the Department of Commerce over whether a new regulation...

Sarei v. Rio Tinto, PLC

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
The circuit court establishes that certain Alien Tort Statute (ATS) claims are appropriately considered for exhaustion under both domestic prudential...