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North Dakota v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A district court held that its preliminary injunction enjoining EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from implementing the "waters of the United States" rule only extends to the 13 plaintiff states that challenged it. The court found significant prudential reasons to limit the scope of the preli...
Montana Environmental Information Center v. United States Bureau of Land Management
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded a lower court decision that environmental groups lacked standing to challenge BLM's decision to sell oil and gas leases in Montana. Below, the groups claimed BLM failed to adequately consider climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases in violation of ...
United States v. Lipar
A district court dismissed EPA's enforcement action against a developer for filling wetlands in violation of the CWA and ordered the Agency to pay attorney fees the developer incurred defending the suit. Relying on the U.S. Supreme Court's opinion in Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715, 36 ELR 20...