The Eight Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a lower court decision granting summary judgment in favor of a city accused of illegally providing water and sewer services to customers…

The Ninth Circuit, in a memorandum opinion, ruled that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) complied with NEPA and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) in approving oil companies'…

The Federal Circuit held that landowners seeking compensation for the alleged taking of their respective reversionary property interests under the National Trail Systems Act were permitted to opt…

The First Circuit dismissed a land trust's claim that a statute revoking its title to lands in a canal area amounted to a taking and violated its due process rights. The statute amended Law…

A district court denied an insurer's partial motion for summary judgment on claims that it must indemnify a lead smelter in an underlying lawsuit concerning bodily injury and property damage…

The D.C. Circuit denied a petition to review FERC's approval of a construction project that would allow a natural gas importer to import greater quantities of liquefied natural gas and…

A district court denied the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's motion to transfer to the U.S. District Court of Delaware various claims filed against it by environmental groups and the New Jersey…

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court decision that denied in part petitions for writ of mandate of plaintiffs, public agencies and mutual water companies, challenging certain…

A California appellate court affirmed a lower court’s issuance of a writ of mandate directing the city of Watsonville to, among other things, set aside its certification of a final…

A California appellate court reversed a lower court decision that granted in part a citizen group’s petition for a writ of mandate under the California Environmental Quality Act challenging the…