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Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Ctr. v. County of Siskiyou

Environmental Law
Trial court's denial of plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate against a county and the county board of supervisors, challenging the approval of a...

Alcoa, Inc. v. Bonneville Power Admin.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Public Utilities
In a dispute over a contract between the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Alcoa Inc., claiming that the contract is unlawful because it is...

W. Watershed Project v. Ellis

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Following plaintiff's successful challenge to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) renewal of grazing permits in the Jarbidge Resource Area in...

Voices for Rural Living v. El Dorado Irrigation Dist.

Environmental Law, Indian Law, Water Law
In plaintiffs' petition for a writ of mandate to vacate an Irrigation District's (District) approval of an agreement to provide water to a casino...

Public Lands for the People, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Agric.

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a suit brought by a group of miners and prospectors challenging the Forest Service's decision to limit the use of motor vehicles to certain roads...

Native Ecosystems Council v. Weldon

Environmental Law, Government Law
In a suit against the United States Forest Service, challenging its small fuels-reduction project in the National Forest in Montana, the judgment of...

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities, Remedies
In an action against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies, alleging that massive greenhouse gas emissions emitted by the defendants have...

Wolfsen Land & Cattle Co. v. Pac. Coast Fed'n of Fishermen's Ass'n.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit filed by property owners claiming that the government's releases of water from a dam in central California unlawfully impaired their...

Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Serv.

Environmental Law, Government Law
In an environmental groups' suit against the U.S. Forest Service over a restoration project in the Lake Tahoe area, the district court's decision in...

US v. Maury

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Environmental Law
In a conviction of pipe foundry company and several of its employees for various crimes, including conspiring to commit a host of environmental...