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Brown v. Olin Chem. Corp.

The court affirms a district court's grant of summary judgment to a Louisiana sulfuric acid manufacturer, emissions from which allegedly harmed a casino and its employees. In order to complete construction of a riverboat, the casino rented riverfront space near the manufacturer. During construction,...

Friends of Van Cortlandt Park v. New York, City of

The court certifies a question to the New York Court of Appeals whether state legislative approval is required before New York City can construct a water treatment plant (WTP) under parkland in the Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The city planned to build the WTP pursuant to a consent decree betwee...

Baker v. Coxe

The court affirms a district court decision holding that various state environmental officials' delay in approving a permit to build a pier did not violate the applicants' due process, equal protection, or First Amendment rights. In 1991, the applicants, who own a tree farm on an island off the coas...

Anderson v. Red River Waterway Comm'n

The court affirms a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a local commission charged with maintaining and operating the Red River Waterway in Louisiana in an inverse condemnation suit brought against it by riparian landowners whose property was flooded after the U.S. Army Corps of E...

In re Int'l Union, United Mine Workers of Am.

The court denies a union's request to compel the U.S. Department of Labor to promulgate an emergency temporary standard to protect mine workers from exposure to respirable coal mine dust. The court first holds that the union failed to satisfy its burden of showing that an emergency temporary standar...

Pownal Dev. Corp. v. Pownal Tanning Co.

The court affirms a trial court decree allowing a developer to partially foreclose on nine parcels of land while not foreclosing on a 10th contaminated parcel. A tannery owned the land at issue and contaminated the land surrounding its mill. The mill parcel was listed as a Superfund site and underwe...

Soho Alliance v. New York City Bd. of Standards & Appeals

The court affirms the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals' (BSA's) decision to grant use variances permitting the development of two neighboring properties in a New York City historic district and to issue a negative declaration that the development did not require an environmental impact s...

Nebraska Pub. Power Dist. v. MidAmerican Energy Co.

The court holds that a power sale contract between an energy company and a public power district does not require the energy company to make current, nonrefundable payments of estimated decommissioning costs to the power district, but makes the energy company liable for decommissioning costs only in...

Fiore v. White

The U.S. Supreme Court holds that the criminal conviction of a hazardous waste facility operator under a Pennsylvania hazardous waste statute for operating a hazardous waste facility without a permit violated the federal Due Process Clause. When the operator was convicted, he in fact had a permit, b...

Kazi v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co.

The court holds that an insurer providing a liability policy that covers damage to tangible property on the insureds' premises has no duty to defend the insureds in an easement dispute. The dispute arose after the insureds graded an access road on their property that allegedly interfered with their ...