all - Opinion Summaries

Sierra Club v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
On petition brought by several environmental groups for review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of the 2004 State Implementation Plan...

Hearts Bluff Game Ranch, Inc. v. US

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a suit for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment for an alleged taking based on the Army Corps of Engineers' denial of a landowner's proposal...

Montana Sulphur and Chemical Company v. US Environmental Protection Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In consolidated cases challenging the propriety of various actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean...

Sierra Club v. Cal. Parks & Recreation

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing plaintiff's petition to compel the defendant to amend its General Development Plan for the...

Citizens for East Shore Parks v. Cal. State Lands Commn.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Remedies
In a writ challenge to respondent's approval of a lease-renewal allowing Chevron to continue operating an offshore oil terminal, judgment of the trial...

Northern Plains Resources Council, Inc v. The Surface Transportation Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law
In a challenge to respondent-Transportation Board's approval of certain railroad construction applications, orders are: 1) reversed in part where the...

Hardesty v. Sacramento Metro. AQMD

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an appeal from a judgment of the trial court denying petitioner's writ challenge to an abatement order, judgment is affirmed where: 1) the court...

Bergemann v. RI Department of Environmental Management

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing plaintiffs' Fair Labor Standards Act complaint on sovereign immunity grounds and summary...

New York v. Solvent Chemical Co., Inc.

Remedies, Water Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action by a chemical manufacturer against adjoining landowners for contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation...

In the Matter of New York State Superfund Coalition, Inc.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Remedies
In an appeal from a judgment of the appellate division reversing the trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiff in a CPLR Article 78 challenge to...