The court held that under Ohio law, a landowner must exhaust his state remedies before proceeding with his takings claim against a county in federal court. Although Ohio does not have an inverse…

The court held that a lower court improperly ordered the state wetlands commission to issue an inland wetlands permit to a developer. Although the record lacks substantial evidence to support the…

A New Jersey appellate court upheld the denial of a landowner's general permit application to build a single-family home on her beach property. The state agency concluded that the property is…

The court held that under Texas law, recent legislative enactments waive, with certain limitations, immunity from suit for contract claims against local government entities. Hence, the court…

The court upheld summary judgment against one insurance company and in favor of another insurance company in a dispute concerning the insurers' duties to defend a manufacturer against a third…

The court reversed a lower court's dismissal of an environmental group's Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) claim in a dispute over the registration of two pesticides containing…

A district court awarded an environmental group attorney fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) for their underlying National Environmental Policy Act and National Forest…

A Minnesota appellate court held that an insurance company had no duty to defend or indemnify a pig owner in an underlying lawsuit brought by his neighbor claiming injury and damage from manure…

A California appellate court reversed in part a lower court decision dismissing a consumer group's complaints against various hotels and retail establishments for secondhand smoke and tobacco…

A California appellate court held that California Government Code §17516c is unconstitutional to the extent it exempts regional water board orders from California's subvention requirement.…