The First Circuit upheld the Secretary of the Interior's decision to take into trust a 31-acre parcel of land located in Charleston, Rhode Island, for the benefit of the Narragansett Indian Tribe…

The Tenth Circuit dismissed intervenors' appeal of a district court order approving a settlement in a suit originally filed to halt a wilderness inventory to assess whether several million acres…

A California appellate court held that for determining just compensation in a "quick" take eminent domain action, the date of valuation should be the date a deposit of probable compensation was…

The Ninth Circuit held that California's air pollution control districts are not arms of the state and therefore are not entitled to sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment. To determine…

The Eighth Circuit denied an environmental group's request for attorneys fees in an action stemming from violations of federal environmental laws because the group planned on keeping the money for…

The Federal Circuit reversed a lower court decision that the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) produced a physical taking of a company's mineral rights. In 1937, the company sold…

The First Circuit held that U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations that permit synthetic substances to be used in processing organic foods are contrary to the plain language of the Organic…

A district court granted in part and denied in part a company's motion in limine to exclude an environmental group's proffered expert testimony in a Comprehensive Environmental Response,…

A district court granted the state of Washington's motion for partial summary judgment on its claim that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) violated the Washington State Hazardous Waste…

A California appellate court affirmed a trial court decision dismissing a petition challenging a city's issuance of a negative environmental declaration under the California Environmental Quality…