all - Opinion Summaries

Schutte & Koerting, Inc. v. Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
Denial of writ petition seeking an order to set aside an order for a human health risk assessment (HHRA) is reversed where the court committed...

Citizens' Comm. to Save Our Canyons v. Krueger

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a challenge to the Forest Service's decision to issue a special use permit to intervenor to conduct helicopter skiing operations in two national...

Nat'l Mining Ass'n v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In challenge to 1999 Rule promulgated by appellee, summary judgment for appellee is affirmed as appellee secretary's interpretation of the phrase...

Coastside Fishing Club v. Cal. Res. Agency

Environmental Law, Government Law
In case involving a memorandum of understanding to help implement the Marine Life Protection Act, order dismissing complaint for declaratory and...

People ex rel. Gallegos v. Pacific Lumber Co.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In suit brought under California's Unfair Competition Law for alleged fraudulent business practices, sustaining of demurrer is affirmed over claims...

Feldman v. Bomar

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action claiming defendants violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in adopting...

John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. US

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The special statute of limitations governing the Court of Federal Claims requires sua sponte consideration of the timeliness of a lawsuit filed in...

Bering Strait Citizens for Responsible Res. Dev. v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an appeal involving a permit issued to Defendant-gold mining company by defendant-Army Corps of Engineers for a major gold-mining project in...

Royal Indem. Co. v. Apex Oil Co., Inc.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law
In an action seeking a declaration of the rights and obligations of plaintiff-insurer, other insurance companies and an oil company, under various...

R.M. Inv. Co. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
A district court's order vacating as moot its prior order, which set aside a decision by the United States Forest Service that had revoked plaintiff's...