The Ninth Circuit held that an agricultural association's First Amendment Expression Policy, which prohibits individuals from demonstrating outside its rodeo and circus arena except in…
The Supreme Court of Florida held that a state statute that allows suits for damages resulting from pollution creates a new strict liability cause of action and does not merely modify existing…
A California appellate court held that a discretionary decision by the state water resources control board as to whether to review a regional water resources control board's decision imposing…
The Fourth Circuit held that under Maryland law, insurers of a bankrupt insulation company are liable only for a pro rata portion of the bodily injury that occurred during the time the company…
A California appellate court dismissed a resident group's California Environmental Quality Act challenge against a state agency for not properly preparing and certifying an environmental…
A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision setting aside the adoption of a mitigated negative declaration for the construction of an apartment complex because the county and…
The Federal Circuit held that the government's deposit of sand on landowners' property amounted to a physical taking of a permanent easement but that the landowners failed to establish…
A California appellate court rejected a mining and construction advocacy group's challenge to a state agency regulation barring the sale and supply of asbestos-containing rock for the…
A California appellate court reversed a county's adoption of a mitigated negative declaration under CEQA in connection with the demolition of an old county jail. The group challenging the…
A California appellate court held that a trial court need not grant relief from a dismissal entered for failing to request a hearing on the merits in a CEQA case when the failure was caused by an…