Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 2

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Volume 42, Issue 35

ELR 202523-73-cv-00023(D. Nev., )

A district court upheld a Nevada water engineer ruling allowing a city to change the manner and place of use of surface water rights.

Keywords:
Property rights/entitlements
ELR 202532179(E.D. La., )

A district court dismissed claims against the manufacturer of the chemical dispersant used in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Keywords:
Liability
ELR 2025410 C 4457(N.D. Ill., )

A district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by five states seeking an order requiring the U.S.

Keywords:
Invasive Species
ELR 20255C 11-4118 PJH(N.D. Cal., )

A district court held that NOAA Fisheries adequately considered economic impacts when it designated 8.6 million acres in California, Oregon, and Washington as critical habitat for the green sturgeon, a threatened species.

Keywords:
Critical habitat designation
ELR 20256CV-12-0381-LRS(E.D. Wash., )

A district court held that a refinery that settled in bankruptcy court its liability for response costs incurred at a Superfund site may seek contribution from a mining company.

Keywords:
Claims not barred
ELR 2024711-597(U.S., )

The U.S. Supreme Court held that government-induced flooding that is temporary in duration may constitute a takings and is not automatically exempt from Takings Clause inspection. The case arose after the U.S.

Keywords:
Temporary takings
ELR 20248D060382(Cal. Ct. App. 4th Dist., )

A California appellate court upheld a regional water board's approval of a NPDES permit to build a desalination facility on the coast of Carlsbad, California.

Keywords:
State programs, §402(b)

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