Weekly Cases Update Volume 45, Issue 10

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Volume 45, Issue 22

Center for Biological Diversity v. California Dep't of Conservation
ELR 20137RG15769302(Cal. Super. Ct., )

A California court denied an environmental group's motion to preliminarily enjoin emergency regulations governing the underground injection of wastewater produced by oil drilling.

Keywords:
Underground injection control (UIC) program, Drinking water
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Otter
ELR 201461:14-cv-00104(D. Idaho, )

A district court held that an Idaho "ag-gag" law that criminalizes undercover investigations of agricultural production operations violates the U.S. Constitution.

Keywords:
Agriculture, Idaho, Wildlife (generally)
Chinatown Neighborhood Ass'n v. Harris
ELR 2014314-1578(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit upheld California's "shark fin law", which bans the possession, sale, and distribution of shark fins within the state. An association claimed that the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act preempts the law.

Keywords:
Sharks, Wildlife

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