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Northwest Env. Def. Ctr. v. Brown

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action claiming that defendants violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) and its implementing regulations by not obtaining permits from the...

League of Wilderness Defenders v. Allen

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action alleging that the Five Buttes Project, which authorized certain logging activities, violated the National Forest Management Act and the...

Great Rivers Habitat Alliance v. FEMA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action against FEMA claiming that a levee did not meet FEMA's requirements and FEMA erred by granting approval for it, dismissal of the...

Sierra Club v. Otter Tail Power Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In a Clean Air Act (CAA) citizen suit alleging that defendants violated the CAA by failing to obtain permits for a series of modifications to a power...

Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Dep't of Forestry & Fire Prot.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Government Law
In environmental groups' suit seeking to overturn California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection's (CDF) approval of three timber harvest plans...

Home Builders' Assn. of N. Cal. v. US Fish & Wildlife Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a challenge to the designation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) of about 850,000 acres of land as critical habitat for fifteen...

Howmet Corp. v. EPA

Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In an action claiming that the EPA's "spent material" hazardous waste regulation violated the Administrative Procedure Act, summary judgment for...

US ex rel. Lemmon v. Envirocare of Utah, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a False Claims Act action against a government contractor by one of its former employees alleging improper...

McKeen v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action under the Administrative Procedure Act challenging Forest Service actions affecting plaintiff's livestock grazing permits, summary...

Pit River Tribe v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action by an Indian tribe against various agencies alleging that they violated various federal environmental laws during the leasing and...