The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court decision dismissing a landowner's petition for attorney fees, which he sought after successfully challenging a condemnation action against the U.S…

The Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that federal law preempts conflicting state pipeline regulations and, thus, governs the upgrade of a natural gas pipeline in Iowa. Iowa Code…

A district court granted environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin the Secretary of Commerce from implementing his finding under the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act…

The First Circuit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction Rhode Island's interlocutory appeal of an EPA Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) decision denying the state's motion to intervene in…

The Seventh Circuit held that an insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify a local housing authority with respect to an underlying class action lawsuit in which approximately 10,000 current or…

The D.C. Circuit granted several municipalities' petition to review an FAA order allowing Chicago to impose a $4.50 passenger facility fee to fund an EIS being prepared in connection with the…

The Eighth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a landowner's lawsuit challenging the USDA's financing of a sewage treatment plant for lack of standing. The landowner argued that in the event…

The Third Circuit reversed a lower court decision and granted declaratory judgment for a waste management company stating that the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act does not…

The Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision to find a possible equal protection violation when a state water quality control board's overzealous regulation of a ski resort's water…

The Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court's strict liability judgment and accompanying punitive damages award against a company in connection with the environmental contamination of a site it…