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Kansas v. Nebraska

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In this case, plaintiff Kansas and defendant Nebraska engaged in litigation concerning a dispute over their rights to the waters of the Republican...

American Whitewater v. Tidwell

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In this case, plaintiff and two intervening parties challenge the revised plan of the United States Forest Service to allow limited rafting or...

Millview County Water Dist. v. State Water Resources Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Water Law
Trial court's issuance of a writ directing defendant State Water Resources Control Board to set aside its decision to issue a cease and desist order...

Lacano Investments v. Balash

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In this action against Alaska officials who determined that streambeds claimed by plaintiffs were owned by the State of Alaska, dismissal for lack of...

Columbia Riverkeeper v. US Coast Guard

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
A petition for review of the U.S. Coast Guard's issuance of a letter of recommendation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the...

People of the State of California v. US Department of the Interior

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Summary judgment in favor of federal defendants and intervenor water districts in an action challenging an environmental impact statement prepared by...

Stockton East Water District v. US

Government Contracts, Remedies, Water Law
In a breach of contract action in which plaintiff alleges that the United States Bureau of Reclamation failed to meet the water quantity commitments...

Friends of Merrymeeting Bay v. Hydro Kennebec, LLC

Contracts, Environmental Law, Water Law
In two citizen enforcement suits containing claims under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the Clean Water Act (CWA), summary judgment in favor of...

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards v. A & G Coal Corporation

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
Summary judgment in favor of plaintiff in an action alleging defendant violated the Clean Water Act is affirmed, where defendant cannot assert a...

North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Westlands Water District

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
The trial court properly denied plaintiff's petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant-water districts' determination that certain interim...