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In the Matter of Chinese Staff & Workers' Assoc.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against the Department of City Planning (DCP), seeking to annul the negative declaration on the ground that DCP's environmental...

Outfitter Properties v. Wildlife Conserv. Bd.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a petition for writ of mandate seeking to vacate the decision to pay $9.98 million from the Habitat Conservation Fund to the federal Bureau of...

Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Military Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action by property owners who live downstream from the hydroelectric power plant at the Snoqualmie Falls in Washington and would be subject to...

American Coatings, Inc. v. South Coast Air District

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an challenge to South Coast Air District's 2002 amendments to its Rule 1113, which limits certain pollution-causing substances in paints and...

State of New York v. Shinnecock Indian Nation

Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action involving the development of an casino by the Shinnecock Indian Nation on a plot of land know as Westwoods, the District Court's order...

Southern Union Co. v. US

Sentencing, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case involving a criminal fine for conviction of violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA) for having knowingly stored...

Pacific Rivers Counsel v. US Forest Service

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
This court’s opinion filed on February 3, 2012 is withdrawn and replaced by this opinion: In a suit challenging the 2004 Framework, adopted by the...

Association of Irritated Residents v. California Air Resources Bd.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Oil and Gas Law
The "Climate Change Scoping Plan" adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2009, to reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions in...

Friends of Back Bay v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In an action challenging the Army Corp of Engineers' decision to approve a permit under section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. section...

Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak

Environmental Law, Gaming Law, Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenging a deal to take into trust on the Tribe's behalf a tract of land for gaming...