The Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court discovery ruling ordering a railroad company to produce documents in an underlying action in which landowners allege that the railway intentionally dumped…

The U.S. Supreme Court held that a Native American tribe's reacquisition of historic reservation land does not prohibit the imposition of local property taxes. The tribe cannot unilaterally revive…

The court denied motions to dismiss a city's Comprehensive Environmental Compensation, Recovery, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and state-law claims against various dairy…

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court judgment in a condemnation action awarding a recreational vehicle (RV) park compensation for property taken by eminent domain, additional…

A district court held that the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA's) supplemental environmental assessment (EA) and revised finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for a proposed casino on Native…

The Ninth Circuit held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not act arbitrarily, capriciously, or contrary to law when it granted Nevada's request to split one of its clean air…

The Sixth Circuit dismissed as moot the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps') appeal of an injunction requiring it to accept contaminated material dredged from a waterbody connected to the…

A California appellate court held that a public interest group's California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), zoning law, and public trust claims against a city for approving a development project…

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a tribal member's claim against his tribe in a dispute over an Indian land transfer. The member requested a land transfer in 1976 and, believing the…

The Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of residents' lawsuit against the Dallas Housing Authority seeking to enjoin it from constructing public housing in their community. The decision to build…