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United States v. Massachusetts Water Resources Auth.

The court holds that a district court acted within its discretion by declining to order a Massachusetts public water district to install a filtration system even though the district violated the Surface Water Treatment Rule, which requires public water systems to install a filtration system if they ...

United States v. Massachusetts Water Resources Auth.

The court denies the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) motion to compel the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) to provide filtration for the water they supply to the Boston metropolitan area. Pursuant to state enforcement of the...

United States v. Martin

The court orders the beneficiary of a land trust that formerly held title to property subject to an investigation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) to pay a $45,525 civil penalty for failing to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc...

United States v. Krilich

The court denies individuals' motion to vacate a consent decree entered into with the United States regarding Clean Water Act (CWA) violations involving wetlands in an area being developed by the individuals. The individuals argued that the consent decree should be vacated because in light of Solid ...

United States v. Kelly

The court holds that a district court abused its discretion in granting a downward departure from the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (USSG) to a pest control applicator who was convicted of 20 counts of misdemeanor Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) violations for the illegal sa...

United States v. Interstate Gen. Co.

The court holds that the ruling in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC), 531 U.S. 159, 31 ELR 20382 (2001), does not warrant granting a petition for a writ of error coram nobis or vacating a consent decree in a case involving the illegal filling of wetl...

Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross

A district court granted environmental groups' request for discovery relevant to the lobster fishing industry's impact on the endangered North Atlantic right whale. The groups argued that NMFS violated its ongoing duty under §7 of the ESA to ensure against jeopardy of endangered right whales and it...

Massachusetts Lobstermen's Ass'n v. Ross

A district court upheld President Barack Obama's 2016 proclamation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts off the New England coast as a marine national monument. Commercial fishing associations argued that the monument exceeded the president's authority under the Antiquities Act because it lies ent...

United States v. Hong

The court holds that although the owner of a wastewater facility that discharged untreated wastewater into a river was properly convicted for violating Clean Water Act (CWA) §309(c)(1)(A), a district court erred in reducing the fine initially imposed by a magistrate judge. The court first holds tha...

United States v. Hess

The court vacates a district court decision granting summary judgment in favor of the United States in its action to quiet title to ownership of gravel located on a ranch acquired by a family as successors-in-interest following a land exchange patent issued under the Indian Reorganization Act of 193...