Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
A district court granted in part summary judgment for an environmental group in a lawsuit concerning ESA §7 consultations on six pesticides. The group argued FWS violated the ESA by unreasonably delaying completion of consultations on chlorpyrifos, diazinon, carbaryl, methomyl, atrazine, and simazi...
Maryland v. 3M Co.
The Fourth Circuit vacated two district court decisions in lawsuits concerning a chemical manufacturer's role in allegedly contaminating Maryland's and South Carolina's waterways by using per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in its products. The two states sued in state court, each filing two ...
Center for Biological Diversity v. National Marine Fisheries Service
A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for an environmental group in a challenge to NMFS' denial of the group's petition to promulgate ESA §4(d) regulations for 20 coral species. The group had petitioned NMFS in response to the Service's inaction on its own findings in...