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Assoc. of Irritated Residents v. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control Dist.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law
Denial of writ of mandate is reversed and defendant is ordered to complete an assessment on the public health impacts of the rule 4570, which requires...

O.W.L. Found. v. City of Rohnert Park

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
Grant of writ of mandate requiring defendant city to set aside its resolution adopting a water supply assessment (WSA) is reversed where: 1) a WSA...

McDonald v. Sun Oil Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit arising out of the sale of a property containing a disused mercury mine, alleging negligence, contribution, breach of contract and fraud as...

Romoland Sch. Dist. v. Inland Empire Energy Ctr., LLC

Administrative Law, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Public Utilities
In a suit against an electric utility and an air-quality-management district under the Clean Air Act, seeking to halt the construction of a power...

Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Cherokee Mining, LLC

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a suit by plaintiff-environmental non-profit organization against defendant owner and operator of two coal mines, denial of defendant's motion to...

Winter v. Natural Res. Defense Council, Inc.

Environmental Law, Military Law, Remedies
In an action brought by environmental groups claiming that the Navy's use of a particular type of sonar during training exercises in the waters off...

SBT Holdings v. Town of Westminster

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a claim by plaintiff-developers alleging defendant-town violated plaintiffs' equal protection rights by intentionally obstructing a condominium...

Wildwest Inst. v. Bull

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a dispute over whether the U.S. Forest Service complied with federal environmental law in its management of a national forest in Montana, summary...

Houston v. Williams

Environmental Law, Government Law
Following the rejection of plaintiff's application for weatherization assistance, summary judgment in favor of defendant-county is affirmed where: 1)...

Sahu v. Union Carbide Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Water Law
In claims related to water pollution allegedly caused by operations at a factory owned and operated by defendants in Bhopal, India, grant of summary...