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Stockton Citizens for Sensible Planning v. City of Stockton

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit challenging a city's approval of a Wal-Mart under CEQA, the judgment of a court of appeal in favor of plaintiffs is reversed...

National Meat Ass'n. v. Brown

Agriculture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law
In the State of California's appeal from a preliminary injunction prohibiting the enforcement of California Penal Code section 599f, which banned the...

Fullerton Redevelopment Agency v. S. Cal. Gas Co.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action arising out of damage to property caused by hazardous waste contamination, the trial court's order holding that the good faith settlement...

Karuk Tribe of N. Cal. v. Cal. Regional Water Control Bd.

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action seeking to compel the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, North Coast Region (Board) to enforce California's law governing...

Peconic Baykeeper, Inc. v. Suffolk Cty.

Environmental Law, Water Law, Administrative Law, Agriculture
In an action claiming that a county violated the Clean Water Act (CWA) in its application of certain anti-mosquito pesticides, and, separately, its...

Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a quiet title action regarding certain dam areas, the action is remanded where plaintiff's action was time-barred, because the district court did...

W. Bend Mut. Ins. Co. v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co.

Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Contracts, Environmental Law, Insurance Law
In an action for breach of contract arising from defendant's refusal to defend a mutual insured in a class action alleging that insured's gas station...

National Mining Ass'n. v. Mine Safety & Health Admin.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a petition for review of the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA's) decision to enforce a final exposure limit standard addressing health...

Communities for a Better Env't v. S. Coast Air Quality Mgmt. Dist.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Oil and Gas Law
In plaintiffs' suit against ConocoPhillips and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (District), for failing to prepare an EIR before...

Milwaukee Metro. Sewerage Dist. v. American Int'l Specilaty Lines Ins. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Environmental Law, Government Contracts, Insurance Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Public Utilities
In a sewerage district's suit for damages against an environmental liability insurer for denying coverage for costs incurred by the district in...