all - Opinion Summaries

Resisting Envtl. Destruction on Indigenous Lands v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
An environmental group's petition for review of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision granting two air permits authorizing exploratory...

Olin Corp. v. Am. Home Assurance Co.

Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law
In plaintiff's indemnification action against its insurers regarding environmental contamination at plaintiff's sites, summary judgment for defendant...

Cent. Coast Forest Ass'n v. California Fish & Game Comm'n

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Trial court's grant of a petition, brought by lumber companies to delist coho salmon from the list of endangered species, is reversed where: 1) the...

Banning Ranch Conservancy v. City of Newport Beach

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
Trial court's denial of a petition for a writ of mandate directing a city to vacate certification of an environmental impact report (EIR) for a park...

Cent. Basin Mun. Water Dist. v. Water Replenishment Dist. of S. California

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's denial of a petition brought by a municipal water district, challenging Water Replenishment District's (WRD) declared water emergency on...

Arkansas Game & Fish Comm'n v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a takings suit brought by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission against the US, alleging that the temporary deviations from the plan known as the...

Surfrider Found. v. California Reg'l Water Quality Control Bd.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Trial court's denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of mandamus challenging the approval of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System...

Pac. Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates, LLC v. City of Los Angeles

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute over a city's refusal to accept an application to convert a 170-unit mobilehome park from tenant occupancy to resident ownership, because...

Lovgren v. Locke

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a suit challenging the New England Fishery Management Council's amendment to the Fishery Management Plans (FMP) governing the Northeast...

Habitat & Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz

Environmental Law
In a petition challenging a city's certification of a final environmental impact report (EIR) for a project to amend the city's sphere of influence...