Governance

The court holds that the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) and Air National Guard's (ANG's) orders approving the Colorado Airspace Initiative (Initiative) and its…

The court reverses a district court decision granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Forest Service and held that the agency violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when it…

The court holds that a trial court improperly granted an individual stigma damages in his breach of contract case against a termite company. The individual and the company entered a contract…

The court reverses a district court decision and holds that environmental groups could intervene in a suit brought by a counties' association to have the presidential proclamation…

The court holds that two officers of a corporation are personally liable under the Connecticut Water Pollution Control Act for water contamination caused by leaks from oil tanks on the corporation…

The court holds that a trailer park owner is liable under New York Navigation Law Article 12 (known as the Oil Spill Act) for the cost of cleaning up a kerosene spill from a 275-gallon tank owned…

The court holds that an environmental group's challenge to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' shoreline management plan is for the most part moot, but where there is a live controversy…

The court vacates a Black Lung Benefits Review Board (Board) decision that upheld an administrative law judge's (ALJ's) determination that a Black Lung Benefits Act claimant established…

The court reverses the Rhode Island Supreme Court's holding that a landowner's takings claim arising from the state coastal protection agency's denial of the landowner's permit…

The court dismisses for lack of jurisdiction a city's interlocutory appeal in a citizen suit brought by an environmental group alleging Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act violations by the…