Davilla v. Enable Midstream Partners L.P.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court's decision in a challenge to a natural gas pipeline company's expired easement on tribal land. The pipeline company appealed the district court's granting of summary judgment to tribal members on their trespass claims, arguing tha...
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Reynolds
A district court ruled unconstitutional an Iowa statute that criminalized undercover investigations of slaughterhouses and other animal facilities. Environmental groups argued that the state statute impermissibly restricted their free speech under the First Amendment because it was a content- and vi...
Sierra Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
A district court granted an environmental group's motion for partial summary judgment against EPA for failure to respond to the group's FOIA requests. The group argued that the Agency violated FOIA by not making a determination whether to comply with the group's four FOIA requests within 20 business...