all - Opinion Summaries

County of San Diego v. Ace Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
Defendant-insurance company's duty to indemnify does not extend to the costs of complying with a governmental agency's environmental cleanup orders...

Powerline Oil Co. Inc. v. Super Ct. of L.A.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
Plaintiff's insurer is liable for governmentally imposed pollution cleanup orders where the express wording of its insurance policy is broad enough to...

Sierra Club v. El Paso Gold Mines

Environmental Law, Water Law
Plaintiff's suit, alleging that defendant violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants in navigable water, was improperly dismissed where...

Natural Res. Def. Council v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
A fishing limit for darkblotched rockfish set by defendant is reversed where it was based on an impermissible construction of the Magnuson-Stevens...

Defenders of Wildlife v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The Endangered Species Act authorizes the EPA to consider the impact on endangered species and their habitat when it decides whether to transfer water...

Ashley Creek Phosphate Co. v. Norton

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
Plaintiff does not have standing to challenge a phosphate mining project since its interests were purely economic, which does not fall within the zone...

Utah Envtl. Congress v. Bosworth

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The United States Forest Service's approval of a timber-harvesting project is vacated where the Forest Service did not properly select and monitor the...

State of New York v. Green

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a dispute concerning environmental clean-up and remediation at a manufacturing plant, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it...

Am. Rivers Inc. v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Environmental Law, Water Law
Plaintiffs' unsuccessfully challenge the US Army Corps of Engineers' operation of the Missouri River main stem reservoir system.

State of North Dakota v. US Dep't of the Army

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
The principles of preemption preclude plaintiff-State's enforcement of its water-quality standards against the US Army Corps of Engineers' releases of...