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Fund For Animals v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Government Law
In a claim challenging defendants' Public Resource Depredation Order on the ground that it violated treaty obligations of the United States and...

National Resources Defense Council v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a Clean Water Act (CWA) case seeking to force the EPA to promulgate guidelines relating to storm water pollution discharges caused by construction...

NRDC v. Winter

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Military Law, Remedies
The award of enhanced attorney's fees from an environmental case against the Navy is vacated and remanded for recalculation where: 1) co-counsel...

Missouri Coalition for the Env't Found. v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action brought by an environmental group seeking disclosure of a number of documents from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to the...

Fairbanks Northstar Borough v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a dispute over the classification of land as wetlands protected by Clean Water Act, dismissal for lack of jurisdiction due to lack of a final...

Dumontier v. Schlumberger Tech.

Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a case alleging subcellular injury from exposure to radioactive material, the grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the...

Fall River Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Fed. Energy Regulation Comm-n

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a challenge to denial of a license to build a hydroelectric power plant, petitions to review denial of the license and denial of applicant's...

Wong v. Bush

Admiralty, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a case alleging First Amendment and National Environmental Protection Act violations by the U.S. Coast Guard in establishing safety zones...

Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Johnson

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a matter brought under the Clean Water Act (CWA), judgment of district court in favor of defendant Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. California Fish and Game Comm'n.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Judgment overturning rejection of petition is affirmed where the California Fish and Game Commission erred in rejecting at the threshold a petition to...