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Nat'l Ass'n of Homebuilders v. Defenders of Wildlife

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act does not effectively operate as a tenth criterion on which the EPA's transfer of certain permitting...

Imperial County v. Superior Ct. (State Water Res. Control Bd.)

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Water Law
Sustaining of demurrers to a challenge to aspects of state board's decision approving transfer of 200,000 acre feet of water per year between real...

Sierra Club, Inc. v. Leavitt

Environmental Law, Water Law
In suit alleging defendant violated its oversight responsibility under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act by approving Florida's list of impaired...

California Dep't of Water Res. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
State agency's petition for review of an FERC order allowing state utility-PG&E to include certain charges in its tariff for use of its power...

River City Capital, L.P. v. Bd. of County Comm'rs, Clermont County, Ohio

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
State exhaustion is required, regardless of the nature of the taking, before a plaintiff in Ohio may proceed in federal court based on an alleged...

City of Pasadena v. Kinsel Indus., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Construction, Contracts, Government Contracts, Government Law, Water Law
In a disputes arising from respondent's contract with petitioner-city to build a wastewater treatment plant, denial of the city's plea to jurisdiction...

Citizens Advocating Responsible Envtl. Solutions, Inc. v. City of Marco Island

Construction, Government Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
A judgment validating two bond issuances proposed by a city to finance the expansion of the City's wastewater collection and treatment system is...

In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Prod. Liab. Litig.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Water Law
In suits originally filed by California and New Hampshire in their respective state courts against corporations that manufactured, refined, marketed,...

In Re: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Prod. Liab. Litig.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Water Law
In suits originally filed by California and New Hampshire in their respective state courts against corporations that manufactured, refined, marketed,...

Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. US Army Corps of Eng'rs

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
A permit authorizing mining company to discharge process wastewater containing tailings from its gold mine into a lake that is a navigable water of...