all - Opinion Summaries

City of Pittsfield v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a city's petition for review of the Environmental Protection Agency's grant of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the...

Hines v. California Coastal Comm'n

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In plaintiffs' petition for a writ of administrative mandate seeking to overturn the approval by the County Board of Supervisors (Board) of a coastal...

Natural Resources Def. Council v. US Dep't of Agric.

Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law, Environmental Law, International Trade
In an action claiming that the Department of Agriculture failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and the Plant Protection Act when...

Torrey Hills Cmty. Coalition v. City of San Diego

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's denial of a petition for a writ of mandate challenging a city's approval of a development project is affirmed where: 1) the court...

US v. Apollo Energies, Inc.

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
Defendants' convictions under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) after dead migratory birds were discovered lodged in a piece of their oil drilling...

Habitat Educ. Ctr. v. US Forest Serv.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiff's suit against the U.S. Forest Service challenging the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared by the agency in connection with a...

City of Santee v. County of San Diego

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In a city's petition for a writ of mandate against the county claiming that the sitting agreement between the county and the State Department of...

General Elec. Co. v. Jackson

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action challenging the constitutionality of a statutory scheme that authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to issue orders, known as...

Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law
In an action challenging the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) decision to approve the unconditional deregulation of Roundup Ready...

Tomlinson v. County of Alameda

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's denial of plaintiffs' petition for a writ of administrative mandate, challenging a decision of a county to approve a subdivision...