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United States v. Massachusetts

The court vacated a lower court decision in favor of the U.S. government in their suit seeking to enjoin enforcement of a Massachusetts law designed to reduce the risk of maritime oil spills and to ensure that adequate resources are available to remedy such spills. The U.S. government filed suit aga...

Muzzy Ranch Co. v. Solano County Airport Land Use Comm'n

The Supreme Court of California held that an airport land use commission's adoption of a land use compatibility plan was exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA exempts from further environmental review projects that have no potential to cause a s...

Nonnon v. New York, City of

New York 's highest court upheld a lower court decision denying a motion to dismiss individuals' lawsuit alleging that a city's negligence in creating and maintaining the Pelham Bay Landfill resulted in elevated levels of toxic substances that caused the individuals to develop acute lymphoid leukemi...

Fort Trumbull Conservancy, Ltd. Liab. Co. v. New London, City of

The court reversed a lower court decision holding that a conservancy group lacked standing under the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) to challenge a municipal development plan that called for the condemnation of property and demolition of buildings. The group sought to enjoin the plan...

Vogel v. New Jersey Dep't of Envtl. Protection

A New Jersey appellate court upheld the denial of a landowner's general permit application to build a single-family home on her beach property. The state agency concluded that the property is located within a dune. Consequently, it denied the permit under the New Jersey Coastal Area Facility Review ...

Sussex County Mun. Utils. Auth. v. New Jersey Dep't of Envtl. Protection

The court upheld a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection denial of a utility's application for a modification to its New Jersey pollutant discharge elimination system (NJPDES) permit with respect to the concentration of phosphorus allowed in the utility's permitted discharges into the Wa...

Sierra Club v. Wisconsin Dep't of Natural Resources

The court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing an environmental group's petition for judicial review of an administrative law judge (ALJ) order concerning an air emission permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for the construction of a new electric-generating facility. ...

AES Sparrows Point LNG, Ltd. Liab. Co. v. Smith

A court an amendment to a county zoning regulation that prohibits the siting of liquefied natural gas facilities in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas of Baltimore County, Maryland. The amendment is not preempted by the Natural Gas Act and is within the delegated authority of the state of Maryland an...

State Auto Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v. Arkansas Dep't of Envtl. Quality

The court reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment against an insurance company for underlying claims concerning groundwater and soil contamination stemming from a gasoline station's leaking fuel-dispensing system. The lower court did not err in finding that the policy was ambiguous as to ...

McGregor v. Allamerica Ins. Co.

The court held that a home heating oil spill that occurred during a company's installation of a furnace at a client's home is excluded from coverage under the company's commercial general liability policy. The company argued that its insurer had the duty to defend or indemnify the company in an unde...