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OR Natural Res. Council Fund v. Timber Prods. Co.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a BLM plan to log protected land after a forest fire, an order granting a permanent injunction against the implementation of the...

Forest Guardians v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a challenge to a USFS plan to allow timber harvesting in the Rio Grande National Forest, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the USFS...

Kinder Canal Co., Inc vs. Johanns

Administrative Law, Agriculture
In a suit involving farm-support payments from the Farm Service Agency, district court decision that plaintiffs must refund the payments is affirmed...

Reyes v. Remington Hybrid Seed Co, Inc.

Agriculture, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit by migrant workers under the Fair Labor Standards and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Acts alleging unfair recruitment,...

Winfrey v. Simmons Foods, Inc.

Agriculture, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In a suit between a meatpacking company and its poultry growers, a district order affirmed an arbitration award against the meatpacker is affirmed...

Farmers Bank of Hamburg v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Banking Law, Debt Collection
In a suit by a bank to recover losses on loans guaranteed by the USDA, an order affirming the decision of the agency to deny the bank's request is...

Ass'n Irritated Residents v. EPA

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law
In case involving animal feeding operations producing eggs, broiler chickens, turkeys, dairy, and swine that emit certain pollutants from animal...

R.D. Offutt Co. v. Lexington Ins. Co.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law
In a declaratory judgment and breach of contract action arising when defendant-insurer declined to cover expenses incurred by plaintiff-policyholder...

Corrales v. Bradstreet

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Judgment denying agricultural workers' petition for a writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory relief against the state's Labor Commissioner...

Brittalia Ventures v. Stuke Nursery Co., Inc.

Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Contracts
A prevailing party cannot obtain attorney's fees under Civil Code section 1717 if the contract it championed did not contain an attorney's fee...