The court holds that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) had a non-discretionary duty to take into trust land purchased by the Wyandotte Tribe in Kansas, and, therefore, no National…

The court holds that a Colorado statute that exempts from taxation certain possessory interests in tax-exempt property violates the state constitution. A ski area operator, whose ski resort is…

The court affirms a district court holding that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) breached its fiduciary duties to Individual Indian Money (IIM) trust account beneficiaries and, therefore…

The court dismisses an individual's Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suit against an electricity company for lack of standing. The individual claimed that a company violated the CWA by…

The court affirms a bankruptcy court's denial of a successive owner's motion challenging a settlement agreement entered by the prior owner of a contaminated site, the state of West…

The court dismisses for lack of jurisdiction a mine operator's appeal of both an administrative law judge's (ALJ's) finding that the operator committed a "significant and…

The court holds that seafood processors who settled with an oil company in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill before the mandatory punitive damages class was certified are entitled to…

The court holds that New York City must obtain state legislative approval before it can build a water filtration plant at a city park. Legislative approval is required when there is a substantial…

The court holds that an environmental group had standing under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to challenge the adequacy of the U.S. Navy's environmental impact statement (EIS)…

The court dismisses on ripeness grounds an environmental group's claim that the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act,…