all - Opinion Summaries

ALABAMA RIVERS ALLIANCE v. FED. ENERGY REGULATORY COMM'N

Environmental Law, Water Law
An increase in the volume of water passing through a dam's replacement turbines "may result in any discharge into the navigable waters" under section...

N. PLAINS RES. COUNCIL v. FID. EXPLORATION & DEV. CO.

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Water Law
Unaltered groundwater produced in association with methane gas extraction, and discharged into a river, is a pollutant under the Clean Water Act...

IN RE: TUTU WATER WELLS CERCLA LITIGATION

Environmental Law, Water Law
In an appeal by non-settling parties to litigation involving water contamination in the Virgin Islands, the District Court's approval of the consent...

BOWERS v. CITY OF FLINT

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
A procedural due process suit by users of a city water and sewer system was not ripe where they failed to avail themselves of procedures in place for...

CITY OF ABILENE v. US ENVTL. PROT. AGENCY

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
The EPA had authority under the Clean Water Act to issue permits imposing certain conditions on cities' ability to discharge pollutants from their...

COOLEY v. US

Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
Because unchangeable facts and existing regulations indicated the Army Corps of Engineers was precluded from granting approval after an earlier...

CRUTCHFIELD v. COUNTY OF HANOVER

Agriculture, Construction, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
The Army Corps of Engineers is entitled to approve an applicant's development proposal under a less stringent Nationwide Permit regime, even if the...