A California appellate court rejects two cities' challenges to a regional water board's comprehensive municipal storm sewer permit governing 18 public local entities in San Bernardino County,…

A court reverses a lower court decision dismissing a landowner's regulatory takings claims against a county as unripe. The county's determination that the landowner could only build one residence…

The court holds that a state statute concerning the shooting of small game from a public right-of-way does not constitute a compensable taking under the U.S. or South Dakota Constitutions. Lacking…

The court affirms a lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a trade association declaring that a county's proposed ordinance involving waste disposal is unconstitutional and enjoining…

The court affirms the grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States in property owners' Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) action for damages to their homes in Puerto Rico resulting from the…

The court holds that the employee of a state environmental agency is not shielded from liability under Missouri's absolute privilege doctrine in a case alleging tortious interference with a…

A court vacates an order overruling a county board's demurrer in an environmental group's action seeking to compel the board to conduct an environmental review under the California Environmental…

The court approves a decree quieting title to certain marine submerged lands in Southeast Alaska. Under the decree, the United States has title to the submerged lands underlying the pockets and…

The court dismisses an environmental group's claims that the National Park Service (NPS) failed to comply with certain statutory mandates, deadlines, and management policies involving national…

The court reverses and remands a lower court decision that a city's dewatering activities did not constitute a taking of homeowners' property. The court previously certified the issue to the Ohio…