A district court preliminarily enjoined a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulation—scheduled to go into effect on March 7, 2005—that lifts a ban on the importation of live cattle and…
A district court dismissed property owners' takings, substantive due process, and equal protection claims against a city after the city denied the owners' request for building permits.…
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision invalidating an amendment to a redevelopment plan due to insufficient evidence of blight. The amendment was proposed 14 years after the…
The Eleventh Circuit held that an environmental organization lacks standing to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) decision not to take any enforcement action…
A California appellate court held that the partial obstruction of billboards caused by a city's planting of palm trees is not compensable under the California Constitution. The trial court…
A California appellate court upheld a city's approval of a general plan framework that includes proposed operational and physical improvements to traffic systems and infrastructure, policies…
The Seventh Circuit held that the adequacy of a "no further remediation" letter issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is an issue for the state agency to decide. Under a…
The D.C. Circuit held that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) properly modified the terms, set forth in earlier settlements, under which three natural gas shippers must ship gas over…
The First Circuit dismissed a Native American tribe's suit to recover 34 square miles of land in Rhode Island they claim was wrongfully taken from their ancestors. The claim is barred by the…
The Sixth Circuit upheld the Surface Transportation Board's grant of a railroad company's request to operate an intermodal transportation facility on city property. Local governments…