Weekly Cases Update Volume 50, Issue 6

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 50, Issue 10

ELR 2006819-1383(1st Cir., )

The First Circuit reversed the dismissal of a challenge to an EPA directive that prohibits scientists in receipt of certain EPA grants from serving on the Agency's federal advisory committees.

Keywords:
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
ELR 2007819-2896(2d Cir., )

The Second Circuit reversed a district court ruling that denied environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit seeking FOIA disclosure of an EPA computer model related to its rollback of greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicle manufacturers.

Keywords:
Deliberative-process privilege
ELR 2007118-2559(8th Cir., )

The Eighth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a constitutional challenge to Minnesota's right of first refusal (ROFR) law.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2006916-1276L(Fed. Cl., )

The Court of Federal Claims granted in part and denied in part the Bureau of Reclamation's motion to dismiss a lawsuit concerning its curtailing of water deliveries during a drought in California.

Keywords:
Breach
ELR 2007418-cv-00521-HSG and 18-cv-00524-HSG(N.D. Cal., )

A district court upheld BLM's rule that repealed a 2015 rule regulating hydraulic fracturing operations on federal and tribal lands.

Keywords:
Held not required for
ELR 2007919-960 (RDM)(D.D.C., )

A district court dismissed for lack of standing a lawsuit challenging the Executive Order that requires agencies to repeal two existing rules for each new rule promulgated.

Keywords:
Standing to sue
ELR 200801:19-cv-00408 (TNM) and 1:19-cv-00720(D.D.C., )

A district court granted in part and denied in part the Trump Administration's motion to dismiss a challenge to its plans to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Keywords:
Agencies
ELR 2007016-1534 (JEB)(D.D.C., )

A district court held that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must prepare an EIS for the Dakota Access Pipeline that runs from North Dakota to Illinois.

Keywords:
Held required for

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