all - Opinion Summaries

Delaware Tetra Tech. Inc. v. County of San Bernardino

Water Law, Environmental Law
In one of six related cases arising out of a proposed project to pump fresh groundwater from an underground aquifer in the Mojave Desert, the trial...

Allen v. Boeing Co.

Property Law & Real Estate, Civil Procedure, Water Law, Class Actions, Environmental Law
In case in which plaintiffs alleged that aerospace manufacturer-defendant released toxins into the groundwater around its facility in Auburn,...

Monterey Penin. Water Mgmt Dist. v. P.U.C.

Public Utilities, Water Law, Administrative Law
In an action against a public agency, which imposed a fee on a public utility's customers for work it had undertaken to mitigate environmental damage...

Pacific Shores v. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Water Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an inverse condemnation action, in the unique situation where a state agency assumes control of a local flood control process, and it determines to...

Newhall County Water Dist. v. Castaic Lake Water Agency

Water Law, Tax Law, Constitutional Law
In a challenge to wholesale water rates adopted by the board of directors of defendant water agency, the trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiffs...

US v. Estate of Hage

Water Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Judges & Judiciary, Agriculture
In a grazing rights action, the district court's judgment for defendants is vacated and remanded where: 1) defendants' unauthorized grazing of cattle...

Green Valley Landowners Assn v. City of Vallejo

Class Actions, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a class action comprised of nonresident water customers, seeking to preserve its alleged right to continue receiving water at reasonable rates from...

Nat'l Res. Def. Council v. EPA

Environmental Law, Water Law
In an environmental action challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Vessel General Permit, regulating the discharge of ballast...

Santa Clarita Organization for Planning and the Environment v. Abercrombie

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a conflict of interest claim, alleging that the acquisition of the Valencia Water Company by the Castaic Lake Water Agency was void under...

ONRC Action US Bureau of Reclamation

Environmental Law, Water Law
In a citizen's suit brought by an environmental group under the Clean Water Act, alleging defendants violated the Act by discharging pollutants from...