all - Opinion Summaries

Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. Ca. Dep't of Forestry and Fire Protection

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a challenge to the approval of certain timber harvest plans, based on claims that the California Department of Forestry (CDF) failed to follow the...

State of New Jersey v. US Nuclear Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of a guidance document issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), proposing a long-term control license for...

US v. Manning

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an appeal arising out of an effort by Washington state voters to "prevent the addition of new radioactive and hazardous waste" to a waste storage...

US v. Carpenter

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a second appeal in a dispute over the status of a road on U.S. Forest Service land in a Nevada county, denial of intervention to environmental...

Sunrise Valley, LLC v. Norton

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a quiet title action brought under the federal Quiet Title Act, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) sand, gravel, and rock are...

AES Sparrows Point LNG, LLC v. Smith

Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for defendants in a case alleging preemption by the Natural Gas Act of Baltimore County's Bill 9-07 prohibiting the siting of any...

Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Rey

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Remedies
In a suit challenging a decision by the United States Forest Service to permit logging in accordance with certain changes made in 2004 by the USFS in...

Beazer E., Inc. v. Mead Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an on-going contribution claim against defendant under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA),...

Sierra Club v. Flowers

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Water Law
In an action challenging a grant of certain "Clean Water Act" ("CWA") mining permits by the Army Corps of Engineers in Florida, summary judgment for...

Charles A. Pratt Constr. Co., Inc. v. California Coastal Comm'n

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Evidence, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action wherein plaintiff attempted to set aside a decision by the California Coastal Commission denying a coastal development permit under the...