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SIERRA CLUB v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
The Clean Air Act, unlike statutes that authorize attorneys' fees awards only to prevailing parties, permits a fee award to "catalyst" parties who...

BURLINGTON N. SANTA FE R.R. CO. v. ASSINIBOINE & SIOUX TRIBES OF THE FORT PECK RESERVATION

Environmental Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law, Transportation
Indian tribes showed a basis for believing that a railroad's right-of-way threatened harm to tribal lands, and the tribes are entitled to further...

RAYTHEON CONSTR. INC. v. ASARCO INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A successor-in-interest was not an "operator" or "arranger" under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA),...

NEIGHBORS OF CAVITT RANCH v. COUNTY OF PLACER (BAYSIDE COVENANT CHURCH)

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The trial court properly denied a writ of mandate to vacate the County's certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and the County did not...

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY (CARRILLO)

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Environmental Law, Health Law
In moving for class certification, plaintiffs in an action for medical monitoring of residents of a geographic area affected by defendants' toxic...

TAHOE-SIERRA PRES. COUNCIL, INC. v. TAHOE REG'L PLANNING AGENCY

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A challenge to a regional planning agency's regional plan stems from the same transactional nucleus of facts as an action previously dismissed on...

CITY OF HALF MOON BAY v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY (YAMAGIWA)

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The California Coastal Commission does not have appellate jurisdiction to modify a local government's permit approval that was issued solely to comply...

UTIL. AIR REGULATORY GROUP v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
A trade association made up of electric utilities lacked standing to seek review of the EPA's interpretation of State Operating Permit Program...

NEW YORK PUB. INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP v. WHITMAN

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
The EPA's decision to approve New York's Title V permit program, as well as its decision not to issue a Notice Of Deficiency as required by the Clean...

SANTA CLARITA ORG. FOR PLANNING THE ENV'T. v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Environmental Law
An environmental impact report (EIR) for a housing development must contain a thorough analysis that reasonably informs the reader of the amount of...