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Western Watersheds Proj. v. Interior Bd. of Land Apps.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's denial of attorney's fees to plaintiff under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), the order is...

Lykken v. Brady

Agriculture, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In an action asserting civil rights violations arising from a search of plaintiffs' farm, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1) the...

In re: Aurora Dairy Corp.

Agriculture, Government Law
In an action on behalf of organic milk consumers against defendant-organic milk producer, claiming violations of state law arising from defendant's...

Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Univ. Crop Protection Alliance, LLC

Agriculture, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment action seeking a ruling that a pollution exclusion in defendant's insurance policy relieved plaintiff of any obligation to...

Western Watersheds Project v. Kraayenbrink

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
In a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) challenge to eighteen amendments to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) grazing regulations, partial...

US v. Hawley

Agriculture, Government Contracts, Government Law, Insurance Law
In a civil action by the U.S. against an insurance agent, and his insurance company, alleging that defendants violated the False Claims Act by...

Northwest Env. Def. Ctr. v. Brown

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) and its implementing regulations by not obtaining permits from the...

Walnut Producers of California v. Diamond Foods, Inc.

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Contracts
In plaintiff-walnut producers' class action suit against Diamond Foods, claiming that defendant breached an agreement by failing to pay them the...

Indian Brand Farms, Inc. v. Novartis Crop Prot. Inc.

Agriculture, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In New Jersey blueberry farmers' suit against defendant Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., claiming damage to their crops allegedly caused by use of a...

Koretoff v. Vilsack

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure
In an Administrative Procedure Act challenge to a Department of Agriculture rule mandating that almonds produced in the U.S. be pasteurized or...