The Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court decision ruling that homeowners were entitled to the full amount of their insurance policy for severe flood damage sustained during Hurricane Katrina. The…

The D.C. Circuit denied an individual's request for attorney fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) despite having won her lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior (…

A district court dismissed a family's personal injury claims against the U.S. Army for exposing them to carbon tetrachloride while they resided on a former Army base. The discretionary function…

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision denying a water company's petition challenging a water district's use of a statutory rate-setting exemption from the California…

A district court granted a motion to bar a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator's deposition in a cost recovery action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court's summary judgment that a county's approval of a congregate care construction project did not violate the California Environmental Quality Act…

The U.S. Supreme Court held that the Tariff Act's antidumping duties on foreign merchandise sold in the United States at less than its fair value apply to imports of low enriched uranium obtained…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a county that was sued by a school district for environmental problems and remediation costs incurred on…

A California appellate court upheld the constitutionality of California Fish and Game Code §8279.1(c), which regulates Dungeness crab fishing. The section states that if the crab season in Oregon…

A district court granted in part and denied in part cross-motions for summary judgment in a company's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit seeking to compel the production of two Environmental…