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Miami-Dade County v. US EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Public Utilities, Water Law
Petition for review of a Final Rule promulgated by the EPA, which amended the current federal underwater injection control requirements for Class I...

Our Children's Earth Found. v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a citizen suit under the Clean Water Act brought by environmental advocates alleging that the EPA failed to fulfill its mandate to review effluent...

Natural Res. Defense Council v. US Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
In an action challenging aspects of the EPA's recent Clean Water Act (CWA) storm water discharge rule, which exempts from the permitting requirements...

Canyon Reg'l Water Auth. v. Guadalupe-Blanco Auth.

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a suit over an easement and the ability of petitioner-state water authority to condemn an easement for the construction and operation of a second...

Sierra Club v. Flowers

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Water Law
In an action challenging a grant of certain "Clean Water Act" ("CWA") mining permits by the Army Corps of Engineers in Florida, summary judgment for...

Islander E. Pipeline Co., LLC v. McCarthy

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Petition for review of a decision by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) denying a "water quality certification" for...

Islander E. Pipeline Co., LLC v. McCarthy

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Evidence, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Petition for review of a decision by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) denying a "water quality certification" for...

Nat'l Wildlife Fed. v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Remedies, Water Law
In an environment dispute involving salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a district court's decision rejecting a 2004...

Piney Run Pres. Ass'n v. County Comm'r of Carrol County, Maryland

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In a citizen suit filed under the Clean Water Act (CWA) against defendant-county commissioners, a ruling finding that plaintiffs were barred from...

California Water Impact Network v. Newhall County Water Dist.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
In an action seeking to set aside a city's Water Supply Assessment (WSA), Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and review process under CEQA for a...