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Consol. Cos. Inc. v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an action brought by a property owner against a railroad company arising from alleged contamination of the property by railroad operations, an...

Access Fund v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Indian Law
In a constitutional and Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge brought by a rock climbing advocacy group to the Forest Service's ban imposed on...

Sierra Club v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
Petition for review of an EPA Environmental Appeals Board denial of environmentalist claims that the EPA violated two provisions of the Clean Air Act...

US v. Cullen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
Conviction and sentence for knowingly importing exotic birds, African Black Sparrowhawks, into the U.S. in violation of the Wild Bird Conservation Act...

Pound v. Airosol Co., Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Remedies
In a citizen-suit action, an order of the district court declining to impose a monetary penalty against defendant for violations of the Clean Air Act...

Engine Mfrs. Ass'n v. S. Coast Air Quality Maint. Dist.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a dispute over whether "Fleet Rules" enacted by a political subdivision of the State of California responsible for air pollution control in a...

In re: Hanford Nuclear Reservation Litig.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Evidence, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Product Liability
In an action brought by residents claiming that emissions from a plutonium-production facility operated by defendants caused various cancers and other...

County of Sacramento v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Denial of writ petition challenging defendants' water quality orders applying to the Boys Ranch wastewater treatment plant insofar as the orders...

State of Maine v. Johnson

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In a dispute among two Indian tribes, the EPA, and the state of Maine involving the state's application under the Clean Water Act to take over...

Frontier Oil Corp. v. RLI Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Oil and Gas Law
In insurance coverage dispute over insurer's duty to defend plantiffs in several personal injury actions arising from the operation of an oil and gas...