all - Opinion Summaries

TOWN OF CAVE CREEK v. FED. AVIATION ADMIN.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In an environmental review of a plan to improve management and safety of flights arriving from and departing from an airport, the FAA adequately...

KASZA v. WHITMAN

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Appellant was not a "prevailing party" under the fee-shifting provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. section 6972(e), and...

HOERY v. US

Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A Federal Tort Claims Act plaintiff asserted continuing trespass and nuisance claims under Colorado law, for damages from alleged continued migration...

SIERRA CLUB v. CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION

Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The California Coastal Commission may not consider the environmental impacts of development outside the coastal zone when approving a project that...

ALABAMA RIVERS ALLIANCE v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Environmental Law, Water Law
An increase in the volume of water passing through a dam's replacement turbines "may result in any discharge into the navigable waters" under section...

ATL. STATES LEGAL FOUND., INC. v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
Challenges to EPA regulations allowing certain electric, telephone, and natural gas facilities to accumulate hazardous waste without a permit are not...

SHAMSIAN v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
Plaintiffs' cause of action under Health and Safety Code section 25249.7, of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, is barred by...

N. PLAINS RES. COUNCIL v. FID. EXPLORATION & DEV. CO.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Unaltered groundwater produced in association with methane gas extraction, and discharged into a river, is a pollutant under the Clean Water Act...

IN RE: TUTU WATER WELLS CERCLA LITIGATION

Environmental Law, Water Law
In an appeal by non-settling parties to litigation involving water contamination in the Virgin Islands, the District Court's approval of the consent...

ARTEVA SPECIALTIES S.A.R.L. v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The EPA must clarify its decision to aggregate costs and effectiveness facility-wide, in promulgating polyethylene terephthalate resin manufacturers'...