Weekly Cases Update Volume 48, Issue 1

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Volume 47, Issue 33

ELR 20150CV-17-29-GF-BMM(D. Mont., )

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.

Keywords:
Land Use (generally)
ELR 20148CV788657(Santa Clara Cnty. Sup. Ct., )

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.

Keywords:
Toxic Substances (generally)
ELR 2014717-35038(9th Cir., )

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court's grant of an injunction to halt a logging project in Oregon.

Keywords:
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
ELR 201491:17-cv-01320-LJO-MJS(E.D. Cal. , )

A district court held that a Forest Service fire salvage restoration project could proceed despite its risk to protected species.

Keywords:
Endangered Species Act (ESA)