The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a series of jury verdicts, orders and rulings in a class action where the owner of a zinc smelter facility was found liable to…
A district court allowed negligence claims against the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to continue in seven lawsuits stemming from a coal-ash spill, but it held that the TVA is not subject to…
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of insurers in a breach of contract action related to the insurers’ refusal to defend a gas…
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that denied a writ of mandate seeking to set aside a cease-and-desist order entered by the California Coastal Commission (Commission)…
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that denied plaintiff’s petition for a writ of mandate directing a city to set aside its approval of a revised site plan for…
A district court denied environmental groups’ motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the use of genetically engineered sugar beets. On the likelihood of success on the merits, the…
The Oregon Supreme Court answered three certified questions from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals relating to whether plaintiffs, farmers and irrigation districts that use water from a federal…
The Oregon Supreme Court answered three certified questions from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals relating to whether plaintiffs, farmers and irrigation districts that use water from a federal…
The Maine Supreme Court upheld the Board of Environmental Protection's decision to affirm the issuance of permits to a company to construct a wind energy generation facility. A citizen group…
Applying state law, the Seventh Circuit reversed a lower court decision to hold that a sewerage district was not entitled to reformation of an environmental liability insurance policy to include a…