The court holds that individuals' National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) suit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) seeking to enjoin the agency from shipping the nuclear material…

The court affirms a district court holding that an oil producers association contesting the U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI's) take-or-pay royalties policy failed to challenge a…

The court upholds a Court of International Trade (CIT) decision denying an animal rights group's request to issue a writ of mandamus directing the U.S. president to impose import restrictions…

The court holds that, applying the "place of operations" test, a district court lacks federal diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §1332 to hear a manufacturer's slander, libel,…

The court affirms a trial court holding that three comprehensive general liability insurers could not be required to defend or indemnify an insured property owner with respect to environmental…

The court holds that a 1978 case concerning Native American fishing rights in the Puget Sound intended for the Lummi Indian Tribe's usual and accustomed fishing areas to include Admiralty…

The court affirms a district court decision holding that a 1978 case concerning Native American fishing rights in the Puget Sound intended for the Lummi Indian Tribe's usual and accustomed…

The court holds that a district court properly transferred to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims a case involving the issuance of two Indian Land Certificates. In 1944, the U.S. Department of the…

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…

The court upholds the conviction of three individuals that organized a 20,000-person event in the Allegheny National Forest without obtaining a special permit in violation of U.S. Forest Service (…