Weekly Cases Update Volume 46, Issue 5

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Volume 46, Issue 8

ELR 2004914-5259(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit upheld the U.S. Forest Service's decision to exclude approximately 8,300 acres of federal land that fall within recreational ski boundaries from the Colorado roadless rule.

Keywords:
National forests, National forests
ELR 2005315-35392(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit dismissed an environmental group's appeal of a preliminary injunction that barred it from interfering with oil exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea. The group challenged the injunction on several jurisdictional bases, as well as on the merits.

Keywords:
Energy (generally), Injunctions, FRCP 65
ELR 2005213-70385(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit denied a petition challenging the FAA's decision that no EIS was necessary to commence operating commercial passenger service at an industrial airport near Everett, Washington.

Keywords:
Airports
ELR 2005113-55341(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit held that the public disclosure bar of the False Claims Act did not bar an individual's qui tam lawsuit against his employer under the Act.

Keywords:
False Claims Act (FCA)

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