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State ex rel. Yost v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed an appellate court ruling in a lawsuit concerning Volkswagen’s efforts to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests. Ohio sued the company, arguing its post-sale tampering with emissions control systems violated the state’s Air Pollution Control Act (APCA). The company mo...
PennEast Pipeline Co., LLC v. New Jersey
The U.S. Supreme Court held, 5-4, that the Natural Gas Act (NGA) authorizes FERC certificate holders to condemn all necessary rights-of-way, whether owned by private parties or states, in a lawsuit concerning construction of a 116-mile natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey. The compan...
Wild Virginia v. Council on Environmental Quality
A district court dismissed a challenge to CEQ's adoption of revised regulations implementing NEPA following an allegedly defective notice-and-comment process. Conservation groups argued the revised regulations harmed them or will harm them by making it more difficult and likely more expensive for th...
Living Rivers v. Hoffman
A district court dismissed a lawsuit concerning BLM's suspension of oil and gas leases sold in Utah in 2018. Environmental groups argued BLM violated NEPA by failing to prepare an EIS prior to suspending the leases. BLM moved to dismiss, arguing the groups lacked standing because the suspensions wer...