The court affirms a district court decision denying a citizen group's motion to intervene in settlement discussions between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a state. EPA brought a suit against the city of New York to compel the city to provide filtration treatment for the Croton wa...

The court affirms a district court's grant of summary judgment to an oil company on landowners' claims that the company discharged oil into or upon navigable waters in violation of the Oil Pollution Act (OPA). The landowners claimed that surface water on their property was contaminated in violation ...

The court holds that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) erred in affirming an administrative law judge's (ALJ's) accelerated decision finding a company liable for violating the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA filed suit against the company after...

The court holds that the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI's) suspension of a mining company's permits did not constitute a taking in violation of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The company acquired permits to conduct coal mining on property in Tennessee. After the company mined for...

The court denies a mining company's petition for rehearing in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, 121 S. Ct. 2448 (2001), a takings case. The court previously held that the revocation of the company's mining permit did not constitute a taking for which it is enti...

The court holds that a city did not violate federal or state law when it annexed and extended its water service to an area within a rural water supply district. The court first holds that the trial court did not err in failing to declare the annexations made by the city void as a violation of the Om...

The court holds that a city did not arbitrarily or capriciously deny a developer's applications for wetlands and conditional use permits needed to build a hotel on a city-owned drainage easement. The court first holds that the denial of the permits was not arbitrary and capricious. The fire chief's ...

A district court granted 11 states' motion to preliminarily enjoin EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing the "waters of the United States" rule, also known as the WOTUS rule or Clean Water Rule. The states demonstrated a likelihood of success on their claims that the rule was pr...

Pennsylvania's highest court largely upheld a temporary injunction enjoining the state environmental agency from enforcing certain regulations governing unconventional oil and gas operations. The court reversed the lower court's issuance of the injunction on just two issues. Contrary to the ruling o...

A district court granted South Carolina's motion to preliminarily enjoin DOE from terminating a mixed-oxide fuel fabrication facility project currently under construction until the case can be decided on its merits. The project is designed to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial reactor fuel...