all - Opinion Summaries

DAVIS v. MINETA

Environmental Law, Transportation
A preliminary injunction should have been issued on the construction of a highway project, under the National Environmental Protection Act, where a...

MSOF CORP. v. EXXON CORP.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Because neither CERCLA nor the existence of a federal consent decree created federal "arising under" jurisdiction, and removal was not authorized...

BFI WASTE SYS. OF N. AM., INC. V. FAA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
The FAA's determination, that a proposed expansion of a landfill near an airport would be a hazard to air navigation, was arbitrary and capricious,...

SIERRA CLUB & ENVTL. TECH. COUNCIL, INC. v. ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
Environmental groups did not have standing to challenge the EPA's promulgation of a rule establishing conditions under which it would consider certain...

NATURAL RES. DEF. COUNCIL v. FAA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
Issues presented in a petition for review of an FAA determination, that the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 does not bar proposed...

CITY OF OLMSTEAD FALLS v. FAA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
FAA's approval of the Record of Decision for a runway improvement project at a Cleveland airport was neither arbitrary nor capricious, and a...

UTICA MUT. INS. CO. v. WEATHERMARK INV., INC.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A repair contractor's insurer was under no contractual obligation to indemnify its insureds for costs incurred in cleaning up a fuel oil spill on the...

THE GULF OF MAINE FISHERMEN'S ALLIANCE v. DALEY

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
A claim by an association of commercial fishermen, who were severely impacted by regulations and closures formulated by the Department of Commerce to...

CHEM-NUCLEAR SYS., INC. v. CHEM. WASTE MGMT., INC.

Environmental Law
Denial of a request for reimbursement from the U.S. under CERCLA, for costs incurred in cleaning up portions of a polluted ravine, was proper where...

TOWN OF STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT v. FAA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
FAA's interpretation, of a statutory section requiring certification from the Governor of an affected state, that a project involving "location" of an...