The court affirms in part and reverses in part a lower court's grant of summary judgment and directed verdicts in favor of numerous insurance carriers from which a tire company sought defense…

The court holds that the sole officer and shareholder of a company is not personally liable for the company's environmental violations under the "responsible corporate officer"…

The court vacates and remands a district court decision that enjoined U.S. Forest Service timber harvesting in the National Forests of Texas due to on-the-ground Forest Service violations of the…

The court affirms a district court order that dismissed a current property owner's contracts, implied covenant of good faith, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and…

The court reverses a district court dismissal of a property owner's takings claim against a county as unripe. The owner alleged that the county impermissibly listed her driveway as a county…

The court affirms a district court decision that a river water users association neither breached a "no protest" clause in a contract with a second river water users association nor…

The court holds that the environmental review of a water allocation agreement between the state department of water resources and 29 local water contractors violated the California Environmental…

The court upholds in part and reverses in part a district court dismissal on forum non conveniens grounds of individuals' Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) suit alleging that a foreign oil company…

The court reverses a district court decision dismissing on summary judgment a property owner's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) claim against…

The court affirms in part and reverses in part various rulings made by a district court resolving the claims and counterclaims of a lessee and three lessors of several oil and gas leases in…