An appellate court orders a city to rescind its decision certifying an environmental impact report (EIR) for a redevelopment project that would convert an unused historic building into a retail…
The court reverses and remands a grant of summary judgment in a manufacturer's suit for indemnification arising out of environmental cleanup costs at four sites in Illinois and Indiana. Under…
The court affirms a lower court decision denying environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin a highway expansion project in Wisconsin. The groups argue that the project violates the…
The court vacates an individual's sentence for illegally dredging North Carolina's Croatan Sound during a bridge construction project and remands the case for resentencing. The district court…
The court vacates and remands a lower court decision upholding a state university's approval of an environmental impact report prepared in connection with plans to expand its campus on a former…
An appellate court holds that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a company in underlying actions concerning its unauthorized discharge of fill material into a creek. The discharges…
An appellate court upholds a local water agency ordinance that increases the groundwater augmentation fee to be charged to operators of wells within its jurisdiction. None of the agency board…
A court orders a city and a water district to reverse their approval of a water credit transfer. The water credit transfer in this case is a "project" within the meaning of the California…
The court holds that petitioners lack standing to challenge a Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rule that revised regulations governing the exemption standards for the transportation of…
A court upholds a declaratory judgment requiring the defendant insurance company to contribute to a second insurance company's cost of defending a manufacturing plant that both companies insured.…