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Mejia v. City of Los Angeles

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Environmental Law
Postjudgment order awarding attorney's fees to plaintiff as the successful party in a proceeding under the California Environmental Quality Act is...

Dawson Farms, LLC v. Farm Serv. Agency

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Benefits
In a suit brought by a farm operator against the Farm Service Agency and the Corps of Engineers seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages...

Nat'l Parks & Conservation Ass'n, Inc. v. TVA

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Dismissal of action against defendant brought under the citizen suit provision of the Clean Air Act is affirmed over claims that: 1) the district...

Friends of Pinto Creek v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Petition for review of the EPA's issuance of a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to a copper mining company, allowing...

San Juan County v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an appeal arising after certain conservation groups sought to intervene in a federal quiet title action brought by a Utah county against the...

Tuolumne County Citizens for Responsible Growth, Inc. v. City of Sonora

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving a proposal to construct a home improvement center, denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging approval of the project and...

Guzman v. County of Monterey

Environmental Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In suit brought by former residents of a mobile home park alleging that the camp's water was contaminated with dangerously high levels of naturally...

Santa Clarita Org. for Planning v. County of L.A.

Environmental Law, Water Law
In suit challinging water services portion of the environmental impact report for the West Creek residential subdivision, the West Creek EIR satisfied...

Oregon Natural Res. Council Fund v. Goodman

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Law, Remedies
In an action challenging the United States Forest Service's approval of a proposed expansion of a ski area in Oregon, summary judgment for the Forest...

Cavel Int'l, Inc. v. Madigan

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, International Law
In a challenge to an Illinois law banning the production, import or export of horsemeat for human consumption, denial of a preliminary injunction for...