Weekly Cases Update Volume 51, Issue 9

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Volume 51, Issue 19

ELR 2012420-2028(10th Cir., )

The Tenth Circuit reversed dismissal of a lawsuit concerning a New Mexico city's imposition of fees on residents who generate their own electricity via solar panels. The residents and an advocacy group argued the city's fees amounted to price discrimination in violation of FERC rules.

Keywords:
Energy (generally)
ELR 2012721-cv-2667(N.D. Ill., )

A district court dismissed a lawsuit concerning the city of Chicago’s delay in issuing an operating permit for a recycling facility in the city’s Southeast Side neighborhood.

Keywords:
Fifth Amendment
ELR 20123CV 19-56-M-DWM and CV 19-60-M-DWM(D. Mont., )

A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Forest Service's and FWS' decisions concerning a revised forest plan for the Flathead National Forest.

Keywords:
Biological opinion, §7(b)
ELR 201262021-OHIO-2121, slip op.(Ohio, )

The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court ruling in a lawsuit concerning Volkswagen’s efforts to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests. Ohio sued the company, arguing its post-sale tampering with emissions control systems violated the state’s Air Pollution Control Act (APCA).

Keywords:
Preemption