A California appellate court upheld a city's approval of changes in a plan for a large real estate development project in downtown Los Angeles. Rival developers argued that the modified…
A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin all logging of suitable spotted owl habitat on private lands in owl circles outside of…
The D.C. Circuit denied petitions to review two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regulations concerning the project design and capacity expansion of Alaska natural gas transportation…
The court holds that a municipality's appropriation of private property based on its determination that it was in an area that may deteriorate in the future is unconstitutional. In Kelo v.…
The Michigan Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court ruling that environmental groups have standing to bring a claim against a bottled water company under the Michigan…
The Supreme Court of California reversed a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of an importer that sells athletic shoes made from kangaroo leather. The case arose after an animal…
A California appellate court reversed a lower court's award of damages in a cotton grower's suit against a neighboring oil company alleging subsurface trespass due to the migration of…
The Eighth Circuit reversed and remanded a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Department of Transportation on a city's claims that the agency insufficiently…
A New York appellate court affirmed a lower court decision dismissing claims filed by the owner of a vehicle scrap yard against the state environmental agency for ordering it to cease operations.…
A district court held that a plaintiff's failure to join a city in its action against intermediate owners of a cast aluminum manufacturing facility did not warrant dismissal of the case. Upon…