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Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co. v. Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'n.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit filed by property owners claiming that the government's releases of water from a dam in central California unlawfully impaired their...

California Ass'n of Sanitation Agencies v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a petition for writ of mandate, brought by sanitation agencies and a city, challenging the actions of the California Regional Water Quality Control...

Espana v. Am. Bureau of Shipping, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Water Law
In a suit against one of the world's leading classification societies (engaged in inspecting thousands of marine vessels worldwide) for the sinking of...

Native Village of Kivalina IRA Council v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
A petition for review of a decision by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Appeals Board's order denying review of certain...

Upper Blackstone Water Polution Abatement Dist. v. U.S. Envt. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
A petition for review of a certain effluent limitations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a permit on the discharges of a sewage...

Webster v. USDA

Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law
In plaintiffs' suit alleging that their land will be adversely affected by the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) decision to construct a...

State of Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Environmental Law, Water Law
In a case dealing with whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers can deepen the main channel of the Delaware River by five feet, enabling river ports...

Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action by property owners who live downstream from the hydroelectric power plant at the Snoqualmie Falls in Washington and would be subject to...

Pacific Rivers Counsel v. US Forest Service

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
This court’s opinion filed on February 3, 2012 is withdrawn and replaced by this opinion: In a suit challenging the 2004 Framework, adopted by the...

Friends of Back Bay v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action challenging the Army Corp of Engineers' decision to approve a permit under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. section...