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Consolidated Irrigation District v. Superior Court (City of Selma)

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a proceeding brought under CEQA that challenged the City of Selma's approval of an environmental impact report (EIR) for a developer's proposed...

Abatti v. Imperial Irrigation District

Environmental Law, Water Law
In a petition proceeding in which plaintiffs maintained that an irrigation district failed to comply with CEQA in adopting regulations for the...

Jamulians Against the Casino v. Iwasaki

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Indian Law
In a case contesting CalTrans' execution of a settlement agreement with an Indian tribe that resolved federal litigation between those parties over...

Citizens for Open Government v. City of Lodi

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In consolidated cases involving a CEQA challenge to a city's reapproval of a conditional use permit for a proposed shopping center project, judgments...

Sierra Club v. Napa County Board of Supervisors

Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge by the Sierra Club to the adoption by a county board of supervisors of a clarifying lot line adjustment ordinance, judgment in favor of...

Salmon Protection and Watershed Network v. County of Marin

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a peition action challenging the adequacy of an environmental impact report, the trial court's judgment dismissing a complaint in intervention is...

Neighbors for Smart Rail v. Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Transportation
In a case in which a coalition of homeowners' associations, community groups and unaffiliated citizens sought a writ of mandate asking the trial court...

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC

Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Public Utilities
In an appeal of damages assessed for the federal government's breach of its commitment to dispose of spent nuclear fue, the Claims Court's: 1) award...

S.R.P. v. US

Environmental Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), alleging that the government negligently failed to warn of the danger...

US v. Oceanpro Industries, Ltd.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Sanctions
In a prosecution of a seafood wholesaler and two of its employees for purchasing untagged and oversized striped bass in violation of the Lacey Act,...