all - Opinion Summaries

N. California River Watch v. City of Healdsburg

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
A judgment in favor of an environmental group in litigation under the Clean Water Act (CWA) challenging a city's discharge of sewage from its waste...

Mani Bros. Real Estate Group v. City of L.A.

Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In case involving changes in the plan for a large real estate development project in downtown L.A., denial of peremptory writ of mandate and upholding...

US v. Moses

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
Conviction for violating the Clean Water Act is affirmed where: 1) the evidence supported the determination that the body of water in question...

Nat'l Ecological Found. v. Alexander

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement
Denial of a motion by the state of Tennessee to clarify its obligations under a 1985 consent decree regarding the state's plans to improve a stream is...

Pa. Fed'n of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc. v. Kempthorne

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Summary judgment sustaining two of respondent's decisions to terminate a program deficiency notice issued under 30 C.F.R. section 732.17, and delete a...

Ballanger v. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
In a suit challenging a USDA ruling that plaintiff converted wetlands for agricultural use and thereby became ineligible to receive certain USDA...

Goodman v. Praxair, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law
Dismissal of amended complaint for breach of contract is reversed where the district court erred in applying Maryland's three-year statute of...

OR Natural Res. Council Fund v. Timber Prods. Co.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a BLM plan to log protected land after a forest fire, an order granting a permanent injunction against the implementation of the...

Viva! Int'l Voice for Animals v. Adidas Promotional Retail Operations, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sports Law
In an suit involving athletic shoes made from kangaroo leather, summary judgment for defendant Adidas is reversed, as Penal Code section 653o, which...

Forest Guardians v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a challenge to a USFS plan to allow timber harvesting in the Rio Grande National Forest, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the USFS...