all - Opinion Summaries

PROTECT OUR WATER v. COUNTY OF MERCED

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
Because the administrative record does not contain the specific findings requirements of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), a stay order,...

CTR. FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. VENEMAN

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
The U.S. Forest Service failed to act on its mandatory duty, under section 1276(d)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, to consider certain Arizona...

WESTOIL TERMINALS CO., INC. v. INDUS. INDEM. CO.

Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Water Law
In an action for damages arising out of an order to clean up groundwater contamination at property owned by plaintiff, the trial court properly...

NEW YORK CITY COALITION TO END LEAD POISONING, INC. v. VALLONE

Environmental Law, Government Law, Health Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A City Council resolution, declaring that a new law addressing abatement of lead paint in multiple dwelling units would have no significant adverse...

BELT PAINTING CORP. v. TIG INS. CO.

Environmental Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
The pollution exclusion endorsement in an insurance policy at issue did not unambiguously exclude coverage when applied to the underlying personal...

SCOTT TIMBER CO. v. US

Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts
In a dispute arising over the suspension of timber contracts to protect the marbled murrelet bird, five of the contracts at issue do not grant the...

STATE OF NEBRASKA v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
The Safe Drinking Water Act, requiring the EPA to promulgate national primary drinking water regulations, is a valid exercise of power under the...

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH, INC. v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
The court lacks jurisdiction to review EPA action issuing total maximum daily load limits on certain pollutants discharged into rivers, an action not...

OLD TOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASS'N INC. v. KAUFFMAN

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A preliminary injunction forbidding government officials from taking further action to widen a municipal street is vacated, where no formal proposal...

CITY OF MARINA v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV.

Environmental Law, Government Law
Where a university under the law cannot pay for services required to mitigate environmental impacts of traffic and fire improvements because they were...