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Southeastern Fed. Power Customers, Inc. v. Green

Environmental Law, Water Law
In case involving state requirements for water stored in federal reservoir, order approving settlement agreement involving the Lake Lanier reservoir...

US v. Lucas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sentencing, Water Law
Defendants' convictions for Clean Water Act (CWA) violations, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and to violate the CWA, are affirmed...

Citizens for Responsible Open Space v. San Mateo County Local Agency Formation Comm'n

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Judgment for defendants, rejecting petition to invalidate the annexation to the Midpenninsula Regional Open Space District of 144,000 acres along the...

State of NC v. Tennessee Valley Auth.

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In common-law nuisance action contending coal plants emit various pollutants which travel through the atmosphere into North Carolina, adversely...

American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. v. Miller

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Workers' Compensation
In case involving worker injured in public sewer system when a chemical was released into the sewer by a furniture stripping business, summary...

Sec. Nat'l Guar., Inc. v. California Coastal Comm'n

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The California Coastal Act of 1976 grants the California Coastal Commission no power to declare property an "environmentally sensitive habitat area"...

Contractors Equip. Maint. Co., Inc. v. Bechtel Hanford, Inc.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Insurance Law
In a case arising from a breach of contract dispute in an environmental remediation project, grant of defendant-Bechtel's motion for judgment on a...

Natural Res. Def. Council v. EPA

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Petition for review, challenging respondent's 2007 "critical use" exemption for methyl bromide, is barred by the preclusive effect of the court of...

Nascimento v. Preferred Mut. Ins. Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit over an insurance company's obligation to defend plaintiff in an environmental liability suit brought against him, judgment for...

Communities for a Better Env't v. South Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In dispute over potential environmental impacts resulting from a project enabling real party to produce ultra low sulfur diesel, judgment against...