Affirming the district court's dismissal of the lawsuit, 9 ELR 20616, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals holds that injuries to plaintiffs that might arise as a result of preparation of a programmatic, basinwide environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Central Utah Water Project are not sufficie...

The district court invalidates the designation of Historic Green Springs District in Louisa County, Virginia, as a National Historic Landmark and its placement on the National Register of Historic Places because of the Department of the Interior's failure to (1) promulgate substantive standards guid...

The court rules that the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation (PADC), a federal entity established by the PADC Act to rehabilitate an area between the Capitol and the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District of Columbia, need not comply with the District's Historic Landmark and Hist...

The district court rules that the doctrine of laches bars relief in a suit to enjoin construction of a four-lane highway segment leading into Glacier National Park. Plaintiff contended that the environmental impact statement (EIS) violated both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Montana E...

Reversing the district court, 11 ELR 20051, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the environmental impact statement (EIS) for construction of a 10.8-mile, four-lane highway leading into Glacier National Park violates the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The suit is not barred by la...

The court rules that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) does not authorize a federal court challenge to state issuance of a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit. Pursuant to its authority to administer the NPDES program under the FWPCA, the Virginia State Water...

The court finds that an environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared for the proposed construction of a 47.6-mile segment of I-380 in Iowa complies with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and denies plaintiffs' request for injunctive relief. Emphasizing that its role is to re...

Reversing the Minnesota Supreme Court, 9 ELR 20739 (1979), the United States Supreme Court holds that a state ban on the retail sale of milk in plastic nonreturnable containers bears a rational relationship to the state's objective to foster greater use of environmentally desirable alternatives and ...

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirms a district court judgment awarding appellee municipality $500,000 in damages as a result of a toxic chemical spill from one of appellant's railroad cars. As a result of the spill, which the jury found to be negligently but not willfully caused, drinking w...

The court refuses to enjoin defendants from proceeding with the construction of a highway in Vermont, ruling that plaintiffs are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the environmental impact statement (EIS) prepared for the project did not adequately consider the environmental impac...