The court holds that an insurer had no duty to defend a cement manufacturer in a suit brought by property owners and individuals alleging damages caused by the manufacturer's emissions. The…
The court upholds a district court decision dismissing a pesticide manufacturer's malicious prosecution claim against an agent of the New York State environmental agency and dismissing its…
The court reverses a trial court decision ordering the California Coastal Commission to set aside its denial of landowners' request for a coastal development permit to expand horse stables…
The court reverses a district court order awarding landowners $1,083,585 following a jury verdict insofar as that amount was based on the landowners' Comprehensive Environmental Response,…
The court holds that a trial court erred in resolving water right priorities in an overdrafted basin with a "physical solution" that relies on the equitable apportionment doctrine but…
The court holds that a district court erroneously denied an environmental group's motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent the U.S. Forest Service from proceeding with certain timber…
The court affirms a district court decision finding the insurer of a former pesticide manufacturing plant liable for only $11,297 of the approximate $4 million the manufacturer spent remediating…
The court holds that the standard for admissibility of novel scientific evidence set forth in Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923), and State v. Mack, 292 N.W.2d 764 (Minn. 1980),…
The court affirms a district court decision holding oil companies liable for $240,000 in damages for failing to adequately maintain spoil banks on canals operated by them, resulting in damage to a…
The court reverses and remands a lower court decision holding that a portion of the National Park Service's (NPS') backcountry management plan (BMP) for the Canyonlands National Park in…