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RECLAMATION DIST. v. DEPT. OF INDUS. RELATIONS

Environmental Law, Labor & Employment Law
Maintenance work done on a levee was not a public works project, subject to the prevailing wage laws, where the work did not involve the operational...

ENERGY MGMT. CORP v. SHREVEPORT

Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
Defendant-City's ordinance, which prevents plaintiff from drilling within 1000 feet of a lake, is preempted by Louisiana's comprehensive regulation of...

MUZZY RANCH CO. v. SOLANO COUNTY

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Defendant's adoption of an airport land use compatibility plan was a "project" as used in the California Environmental Quality Act since the adoption...

IN RE: PEGASUS GOLD CORP.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Environmental Law
In a contract dispute, plaintiff's claims against the State do not arise out of the same transaction as the State's original proofs of claims, and...

CARUS CHEM. CO. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Plaintiff's challenge to the EPA's placement of its company on the National Priorities List of hazardous waste sites is denied where neither the EPA's...

YOUNG v. US

Environmental Law, Government Law
In a cost-recovery claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, plaintiffs have failed to establish that the...

NASHA L.L.C. v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Denial of plaintiff's petition to overturn an adverse decision by the South Valley Area Planning Commission is reversed where the decision should be...

COCKSHOTT v. DEP'T OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROT.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
The statute of limitations governing the filing of a petition for administrative mandamus, challenging a decision of the Board of Forestry and Fire...

RIVERDALE MILLS CORP. v. PIMPARE

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a suit against EPA inspectors for alleged violations of plaintiff's Fourth Amendment rights, the EPA inspectors who took wastewater samples are...

WIWA v. ROYAL DUTCH PETROLEUM CO.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, International Law, Military Law, Oil and Gas Law
In a class action suit alleging brutal repression of an ethnic minority, the district court's quashing of a subpoena directed to a non-party, and its...