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Kenepp v. American Edwards Lab.

The court holds that §24(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) expressly preempts a nurse's state-law claims of inadequate labeling, failure to warn, and breach of implied warranty against the manufacturers of a disinfectant that allegedly caused the nurse's respirat...

KFC W., Inc. v. Meghrig

The court holds that a company that cleaned up contamination on its property may sue those who contaminated the property for restitution under §7002(a)(1)(B) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), even though the site did not present an imminent and substantial endangerment when the ...

Kinser v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.

The court holds that Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) §24 preempts a farmer's state common-law failure to warn claims against a herbicide manufacturer. After the farmer treated weeds with the manufacturer's FIFRA-registered herbicide, pests infesting the weeds transmitted...

Krichbaum v. Kelley

The court holds that the U.S. Forest Service did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the National Forest Management Act (NFMA), or the Administrative Procedure Act when it approved an even-aged timber sale in an area of the George Washington National Forest in Virginia. The cou...

Laguna Gatuna, Inc. v. Browner

The court holds unreviewable a compliance order the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) directing an industrial wastewater disposal company to cease dumping wastes into a company-owned sinkhole. In 1987, the sinkhole's predecessor-i...

Laguna Greenbelt v. Department of Transp.

The court affirms a district court decision that the Federal Highway Administration's (FHwA's) environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed tollroad in southern California did not violate §102 of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and that the FHwA's decision not to do a supplemen...

Leather Indus. of Am., Inc. v. EPA

The court remands to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for modification or additional justification portions of regulations that establish limits on 10 heavy metal toxic pollutants in sewage sludge that is destined for land application. EPA used concentration data and risk-based data to...

Legal Envtl. Assistance Found. v. Board of County Comm'rs of Brevard County

The court holds that under Florida law, a state environmental agency lacks authority to extend an expired construction and testing permit pending its review of a county board's application for an injection well operating permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Deferring to the agency's interpretat...

Leslie Salt Co. v. United States

The court holds that the law of the case doctrine bars it from reconsidering the validity of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps') interpretation of Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) §502(7)'s phrase "waters of the United States" to include isolated, seasonally dry, artificial intras...

Levy v. Versar, Inc.

The court holds that a prior judgment that former owners of a contaminated site are liable to the current owner for response costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) does not collaterally estop the current owner from asserting a claim against an ...