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Kaahumanu v. Hawaii
The Ninth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of Hawaii's regulation of commercial weddings on the state's unencumbered beaches in all respects but one. A pastor and wedding planning companies filed suit against the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) alleging that its permit re...
National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. United States Department of Energy
The D.C. Circuit held that the DOE Secretary's 2010 determination that there was no basis for suspending, or otherwise adjusting, annual fees collected from nuclear power plant owners and operators following the government's decision to discontinue its development of Yucca Mountain violated the Nucl...
Department of Environmental Quality v. Worth Township
The Michigan Supreme Court held that under the state's Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (NREPA), a municipality can be held responsible for, and required to prevent, a discharge of raw sewage that originates within its borders, even when the raw sewage is discharged by a privat...
Native Village of Point Hope v. Salazar
The Ninth Circuit dismissed environmental and Alaska Native groups' petitions challenging the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM's) approval of an oil company's exploration plan to drill in the Beaufort Sea. BOEM's decision that the company's exploration plan complied with the Outer Conti...
Malibu, City of v. California Coastal Comm'n
A California appellate court held that the California Coastal Commission exceeded its jurisdiction when it approved amendments to a city's certified local coastal program at the request of state agencies and over the objection of the city. The proposed amendments would override the city's local land...
AmeriPride Services v. Valley Industrial Service
A district court awarded a company $140,500.72 in costs stemming from an underlying CERCLA case. The company was a prevailing party in the underlying action and is therefore entitled to the costs it seeks. The defendant argued that due to the complexity and difficulty of the case, its good faith...
Berish v. Southwester Energy Production Co.
A district court held that residents may add four new defendants in their lawsuit against energy companies for alleged water contamination due to hydraulic fracturing operations near their homes. During the course of discovery, the residents learned that the proposed defendants participated in t...
Chevron Corp. v. Donziger,
A district court denied motions to dismiss an oil company's racketeering claims against an attorney and his clients, a group of Ecuadorians, who were awarded a multibillion dollar judgment by an Ecuadorian court for environmental pollution in the Amazon. The oil company filed suit under the Racke...