Weekly Cases Update Volume 32, Issue 6

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ELR 2047501-7329(2d Cir., )

The court affirms a district court holding that a village's sign ordinance did not violate the First Amendment as it contained permissible restrictions on the number, size, and location of signs on residential property, the duration for which signs may remain on residential property, and the

ELR 20474No. 00-16008(9th Cir., )

The court holds that an Arizona district court erred in determining that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a quiet title action concerning land along the Colorado River and in fixing title to the land on the basis of river movements that occurred prior to 1905 when the United States patented the dis

Keywords:
State boundary compacts
ELR 2045900-70890(9th Cir., )

The court holds that the U.S.

ELR 20474No. 3:97 CV 2574 (SRU)(D. Conn., )

The court holds that although conservation officers conducted a search and seizure without a warrant and within the curtilage of individuals' home, the officers enjoyed qualified immunity.

Keywords:
Warrant not required for
ELR 2047800-3711(3d Cir., )

The court upholds a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Appeals Board decision finding a dental supplies distribution company liable under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for distributing unregistered pesticides.

ELR 20476No. 5:00-CV-131(W.D. Mich., )

The court holds that a pollution exclusion clause did not bar an insurer's duty to provide coverage to a city power agency sued by an asbestos removal company for additional remuneration under an asbestos removal contract.

Keywords:
Held not to bar
ELR 2046800-55027(9th Cir., )

The court affirms in part and reverses in part a district court holding that the U.S.

ELR 20479No. 01-1931(4th Cir., )

The court holds that a North Carolina county did not violate a company's due process or equal protection rights by not issuing the company a building permit for a proposed asphalt plant, by enacting a one-year moratorium on the building of asphalt plants, and by subsequently enacting a pollu

Keywords:
Is not violated by, Held not violated by, Constitutional law
ELR 2044499-8089(10th Cir., )

The court affirms in part and reverses in part the dismissal of the state of Wyoming's claim against the U.S.

ELR 20480No. SC 16464(Conn., )

The court holds that the sudden and accidental exception to the pollution exclusion clause contained in a manufacturing company's comprehensive general liability policies bars coverage for trichloroethylene contamination at its facilities.

Keywords:
"Sudden and accidental" construed, Insurance

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