Governance

The court affirms a state water court decision denying and dismissing with prejudice a county's applications for decrees for conditional water rights for a large water storage project west of…

The court affirms a trial court decree allowing a developer to partially foreclose on nine parcels of land while not foreclosing on a 10th contaminated parcel. A tannery owned the land at issue…

The court holds that it lacks jurisdiction to hear intervening homeowners' appeal of a suit concerning a boundary dispute between Native Americans and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI…

The court certifies a question to the New York Court of Appeals whether state legislative approval is required before New York City can construct a water treatment plant (WTP) under parkland in…

The court holds that a low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) facility developer lacks standing to challenge the Secretary of the Interior's rescission of its previous record of decision…

The court affirms a district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of a local commission charged with maintaining and operating the Red River Waterway in Louisiana in an inverse…

The court affirms a district court's grant of summary judgment to a Louisiana sulfuric acid manufacturer, emissions from which allegedly harmed a casino and its employees. In order to…

The court affirms in part and reverses in part a mining union's claim that the state of Utah breached a trust created for the establishment of a hospital for disabled miners by using the…

The court holds that a gambling machine, known as the Lucky Tab II, used on Native American lands should be classified under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) as a Class II aid, the use of…

The court affirms a district court decision that the Federal Tort Claims Act's discretionary function exception barred an individual's suit against the United States to recover damages…