Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 9

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Volume 43, Issue 20

ELR 201568:12CV416(D. Neb., )

A district court held that a settlement agreement bars a mining corporation from seeking contribution from a railroad company under CERCLA for environmental liability related to the Omaha Lead Superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska.

Keywords:
Claims barred, Settlements, §122
ELR 2015211-3320(7th Cir., )

The Seventh Circuit upheld a lower court decision that a campground operated as a "public water system" under the SDWA.

Keywords:
Held included
ELR 20155 11-cv-1290, 12-cv-537(D.C., )

The District of Columbia's highest court upheld the dismissal of a property owner's lawsuit against the D.C. sewer and water authority for pinhole leaks in his apartment buildings' pipes.

Keywords:
Quality
ELR 2015711-1101(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit vacated an EPA rule that deferred regulation of biogenic carbon dioxide—non-fossil-fuel carbon dioxide sources such as ethanol—for three years.

Keywords:
Climate Change (generally)
ELR 2014612-1668(D.D.C., )

A district court vacated an SEC rule that requires certain companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments in connection with the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals.

Keywords:
Securities and Exchange Commission
ELR 20149A-120-11(N.J., )

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed and remanded a lower court decision awarding $375,000 in damages to beachfront property owners whose oceanfront view was obstructed by a dune built to serve as a barrier from powerful storms and ocean surges.

Keywords:
Eminent domain, Public use, Condemnation, Constitutional law

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