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US v. ANTOINE

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law
An Indian tribe member's conviction under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, 16 U.S.C. sections 668-668d, did not violate the Religious Freedom...

KENTUCKIANS FOR THE COMMONWEALTH, INC. v. RIVENBURGH

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not prevented under the Clean Water Act (CWA) from issuing permits for valley fills in connection with mountaintop...

U.S. EX REL. COSTNER v. URS CONSULTANTS, INC.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
Summary judgment on False Claims Act claims was proper where plaintiff failed to produce evidence as to whether information allegedly withheld from...

LOCKETT v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Citizen suit under the Clean Water Act cannot proceed because the state of Louisiana is diligently prosecuting an action under a comparable state law.

MICHIGAN DEP'T OF ENVTL. QUALITY v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
The Environmental Appeals Board did not abuse its discretion in finding that a Michigan state agency did not sufficiently identify its objections to...

MAGAN v. COUNTY OF KINGS

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
A county ordinance regulating (and ultimately phasing out) land application of sewage sludge was categorically exempt from review under the California...

CARIBBEAN CONSERVATION CORP. v. FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMM'N

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has regulatory and executive powers with respect to marine life, but the Department of...

PUB. CITIZEN v. DEP'T OF TRANSP.

Commercial Law, Environmental Law, International Law
The Department of Transportation acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner in failing to prepare Environmental Impact Statements in promulgating...

ENVTL. DEF. CTR., INC. v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities
An EPA rule issued pursuant to the Clean Water Act, to control pollutants introduced into the nation's waters by storm sewers, is affirmed on all...

HEARTWOOD, INC. v. US FOREST SERV.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In determining timeliness if a motion to intervene to contest a consent decree on the merits, relevant inquiry is on the time between movant's...