The court affirms in part and reverses in part a district court decision upholding National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) regulations providing a Native American tribe an allocation of the Pacific whiting fishery.

The court holds that a salmon farmer is liable under the Clean Water Act (CWA) for discharging pollutants without a national pollution discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit in Machias and Pleasant Bays off the coast of Maine.

The court affirms in part and remands in part a district court decision in a suit brought under the False Claims Act (FCA) by an individual and joined in by the U.S.

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The court holds that res judicata bars a manufacturer's declaratory relief action seeking a declaration that insurers must indemnify the manufacturer for claims brought against it for harm caused by the discharge of chemicals to groundwater at a California site.

The court holds that although it has jurisdiction to hear an individual's claim for damages against a city for disrupting his construction project, the individual's due process rights were not violated.

The court affirms a district court conviction and sentencing of an individual for six counts of violating the Clean Air Act's (CAA's) asbestos national emissions standard for hazardous air pollutants.

The court reverses an appellate court decision that a hotel did not need to obtain a conditional use permit before converting from residential to strictly tourist use and that a conversion fee required by the San Francisco Hotel Conversion Ordinance (HCO) constituted a taking.

The court affirms in part and reverses in part a district court decision in a breach of contract and CERCLA cost recovery and contribution case between an environmental engineering firm and a city. After the U.S.

The court affirms a district court holding that individuals failed to provide sufficient evidence of causation and damages to reach the jury on either water or soil pollution claims brought against an oil company. The individuals own the surface estate of a ranch.