all - Opinion Summaries

Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn. v. Goldstene

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
In a constitutional challenge to California's Vessel Fuel Rules as applied to vessels located more than 3 miles from the California coast, district...

Stewart and Jasper Orchards v. Salazar

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
District court judgment that application of Sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act to the California delta smelt does not violate the Commerce...

Industrial Enterprises, Inc. v. Penn America Insurance Co.

Environmental Law, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute involving whether liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) falls...

General Category Scallop Fishermen v. Secretary US Department of Commerce

Civil Procedure, Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an appeal arising from a dispute over the right of fishermen to access the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery, summary judgment in favor of defendant is...

Los Angeles v. San Pedro Boat Works

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a dispute involving the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. section 9607(a)(2),...

NRDC v. County of Los Angeles

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Water Law
In a dispute involving the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. section 1251 et seq., grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants is reversed with respect...

Dow Agrosciences LLC v. Natl. Marine Fisheries Serv.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a dispute involving whether, without agency-action, a "biological opinion" issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service to the Environmental...

Bollay v. Cal. Office of Admin. Law

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a challenge to a policy of the State Lands Commission prohibiting development seaward of the most landward historical position of the mean high...

Klamath Irrigation Dist. v. US

Agriculture, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law, Administrative Law
In an action brought by fourteen water, drainage, and irrigation districts and thirteen agricultural landowners in Oregon and California, who use...

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace v. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
Petition for review of a decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denied where the NRC's refusal to grant plaintiffs a closed hearing...