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Souders v. S. Carolina Pub. Serv. Auth.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Water Law
In lawsuits filed by plaintiffs against a South Carolina public utility company raising claims of negligence, trespass, and inverse...

County of Sacramento v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Denial of writ petition challenging defendants' water quality orders applying to the Boys Ranch wastewater treatment plant insofar as the orders...

State of Maine v. Johnson

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In a dispute among two Indian tribes, the EPA, and the state of Maine involving the state's application under the Clean Water Act to take over...

N. California River Watch v. City of Healdsburg

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
A judgment in favor of an environmental group in litigation under the Clean Water Act (CWA) challenging a city's discharge of sewage from its waste...

US v. Moses

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
Conviction for violating the Clean Water Act is affirmed where: 1) the evidence supported the determination that the body of water in question...

Metro. Water Dist. of S. California v. Campus Crusade for Christ, Inc.

Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Water Law
Generally, at a compensation trial in an eminent domain action, when presented with a proffer that there is a highest and best use that is not...

Kelsoe v. Cal. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Denial of petition for writ of mandate challenging defendant's decision declaring plaintiff ineligible for a state-sanctioned fund for reimbursement...

Starrh & Starrh Cotton Growers v. Aera Energy LLC

Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In dispute arising out of alleged subsurface trespass resulting from the migration of waste water produced from oil production activities on land...

DiPirro v. Bondo Corp.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In suit alleging defendant violated provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, judgment for defendant is affirmed...

Morongo Band of Mission Indians v. State Water Res. Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Indian Law, Water Law
A water right holder facing license revocation by defendant water board is deprived of due process of law when the revocation is being prosecuted by...