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U.S. v. Friday

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
In a prosecution against a member of a Native American tribe for shooting an eagle without a permit in contravention of the Bald and Golden Eagle...

Moss v. County of Humboldt

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an appeal considering the appropriate level of review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for a subdivision project which was...

Islander E. Pipeline Co., LLC v. McCarthy

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Petition for review of a decision by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) denying a "water quality certification" for...

OSI, Inc. v. US

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an action relating to the Air Force's use of certain land, now owned by plaintiff, as a landfill in prior decades, wherein plaintiff raised tort...

Weaver's Cove Enery, LLC v. RI Dep't of Envtl. Mgmt.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Petitions for review seeking a declaration from the circuit court that Massachusetts and Rhode Island waived their rights to deny certification of a...

Islander E. Pipeline Co., LLC v. McCarthy

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Petition for review of a decision by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) denying a "water quality certification" for...

Nat'l Wildlife Fed. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Remedies, Water Law
In an environment dispute involving salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a district court's decision rejecting a 2004...

Piney Run Pres. Ass'n v. County Comm'r of Carrol County, Maryland

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a citizen suit filed under the Clean Water Act (CWA) against defendant-county commissioners, a ruling finding that plaintiffs were barred from...

Benzman v. Whitman

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
An order denying in part and granting in part defendants' motions to dismiss claims for damages against former EPA administrator, and for other relief...

Seven Up Pete Venture v. Schweitzer

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Dismissal of a state takings claims arising out of a state ban on open-pit mining for gold or silver by the cyanide heap leaching process is affirmed...