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Dairyland Power Cooperative v. United States

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Government Law, Public Utilities, Remedies
In a dispute concerning damages for defendant's breach of its obligation to accept spent nuclear fuel, judgment of the trial court is affirmed where...

Chawanakee Unif. School Dist. v. County of Madera

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Education Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition for a writ of mandate challenging defendant's approval of a development project on the grounds that the project’s environmental impact...

American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut

Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
In a consolidated case where two groups of plaintiffs files suit against the same five major electric power companies, claiming their emission of...

People v. Maikhio

Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Evidence
In a dispute arising from a warrantless search of defendant's vehicle by a game warden, judgment of the court of appeals upholding the suppression of...

LS Starrett Comp. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Public Utilities, Water Law
In a petition for review of two orders of the FERC requiring petitioner to seek licensing pursuant to Section 23(b) of the Federal Power Act if it...

Citizens for Responsible Equitable Environmental Dev. v. City of San Diego

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Civil Procedure
In a challenge to the certification of an addendum to a final environmental impact report for a residential development project under the California...

Chamber of Commerce v. Brown

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Consumer Protection Law, Government Law
In a dispute involving whether the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment can add chemicals to the the state's Proposition 65 list by use of...

Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd.

Class Actions, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Indian Law, Water Law, Civil Procedure
In a dispute involving a citizen suit jurisdiction under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), judgment of...

Jensen Family Farms, Inc. v. Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a dispute arising from the defendant's adoption and enforcement of emission rules that regulate diesel-powered engines, judgment on the pleadings...

Sierra Forest Legacy v. Sherman

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Administrative Law, Agriculture
In a dispute concerning whether the process of establishing management guidelines for federal lands complied with both the procedural requirements of...