The Eleventh Circuit upheld the dismissal of dairy farmers' False Claims Act (FCA) against a Georgia county for misrepresenting its compliance with state and local environmental laws in order…

A California appellate court held that provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water Act impose upon a county a mandatory duty under Cal. Gov. Code §815.6 to review and respond to…

A California appellate court upheld the water services portion of a county's environmental impact report (EIR) for a residential and commercial development project north of Los Angeles. In a…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court decision denying residents' petitions to compel a city to enforce mitigation measures imposed under the California Environmental Quality…

A Michigan appellate court upheld a lower court's imposition of over $2.5 million in penalties against the owners of a gas station for failing to comply with certain orders and statutory…

The court holds that a lower court improperly dismissed Native Americans' case against the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for leasing tribal land to a developer to construct a liquefied…

The court upholds a county's decision approving the construction of 20 wind turbines about 400 feet in height, a height that exceeds the maximum height permitted by the zoning ordinance, as…

The court upholds the denial of a church's motion for a preliminary restraining order to prevent the relocation of a cemetery in conjunction with plans to renovate Chicago's O'Hare…

The court holds that sums agreed to be paid as a settlement of litigation are not subject to indemnification as "damages" under excess liability insurance policies. The case arose after…

The court holds that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' authorization of a flood control project in the St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway on the west bank of the Mississippi River…