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National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n v. City of Dallas
A district court enjoined a county from enforcing a solid waste flow control ordinance that, among other things, requires all waste collected in the city to be disposed of at a city landfill. The city had entered into franchise contracts with a number of haulers that allowed them to dispose of waste...
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Bureau of Land Management
The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded FWS' biological opinion for a pipeline project involving the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 678-mile, 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline extending from Wyoming to Oregon. The right-of-way for the pipeline encompasses approximately 2,291 acres ...
Pioneer Aggregates, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
A district court dismissed a quarry operator's lawsuit against the state environmental agency for violating its constitutional rights when it denied the operator's application to use certain fill material at a reclamation site. The state denied the application because the fill to be used at the site...
Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision dismissing an Eskimo village's nuisance claim against multiple oil, energy, and utility companies for their alleged contribution to climate change. The village claimed that the companies are responsible for a substantial portion of the greenhouse gas...