The Tenth Circuit upheld the dismissal of an individual's qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA) against a company for allegedly presenting false valuations of royalties owed for…
A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an environmental group's suit challenging the state forest department's approval of six timber harvest plans. The department proceeded in the…
The Ninth Circuit upheld an individual's misdemeanor conviction for using National Forest System land in a gathering of over 75 other persons without a special-use permit. The conviction did not…
The Ninth Circuit held unripe nonprofit groups' action to obtain a declaration that a U.S. Department of Energy order that outlines the management of defense radioactive waste is invalid. Delayed…
A California appellate court reversed a lower court's dismissal of residents' petition for writ of mandamus challenging a county's approval of a residential development project under the…
The Fifth Circuit dismissed solid waste disposal companies' claims that local solid waste flow control ordinances violate the Commerce Clause. The companies lack standing to claim that the…
The First Circuit denied an electric company's petition for review of three Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) orders that asserted mandatory licensing authority over the company's…
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 designated…
The Louisiana Supreme Court threw out a $1.3 billion takings judgment awarded to oyster fishermen holding oyster leases in the Breton Sound area who allegedly suffered a compensable taking under…
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…