The cases listed below appear in the most recent issue of ELR's Weekly Update. For cases previously reported, please use the filter on the left.
Volume 47, Issue 33
A district court held that a lawsuit challenging the Keystone XL pipeline can continue despite calls from the federal government to dismiss the case. On April 4, 2017, the State Department approved a presidential permit for the pipeline.
A California appellate court held that three paint companies will have to reimburse the state for the cost of stripping lead paint from the interior of thousands of houses in San Francisco and nine other cities and counties.
The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court's grant of an injunction to halt a logging project in Oregon.
A district court held that a Forest Service fire salvage restoration project could proceed despite its risk to protected species.