Natural Resources

A district court dismissed for lack of standing an OCSLA citizen suit concerning offshore oil and gas activities in the Santa Barbara Channel. Nonprofit groups argued BOEM's decision determining…

A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to BLM's approval of a logging project in western Oregon. The groups argued the…

A district court granted tribes' and nonprofit groups' motion for a temporary restraining order in two lawsuits challenging the Forest Service's authorization of an exploratory drilling project on…

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that an energy company's removal to federal court of a lawsuit concerning its 645-mile oil pipeline running from northwestern Wisconsin through…

The Eleventh Circuit, 2-1, vacated a district court ruling that preliminarily enjoined further construction on a facility constructed by the state of Florida in the Everglades to assist in…

The U.S. Supreme Court, 8-0, held that the Fifth Circuit erred in concluding that a state court challenge to an oil and gas company's crude oil production during World War II was not "for or…

A district court granted the state of Maryland's motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to federal agencies' plans to convert a vacant commercial warehouse into an immigration detention…

The D.C. Circuit, 2-1, vacated the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission's decision to set aside the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA's) citations of a truck maintenance…

A district court denied environmental groups' motion for preliminary injunction in a challenge to a logging project in southern Oregon. The groups argued FWS and BLM violated the ESA in assessing…

A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion for summary judgment in a challenge to the Forest Service's approval of a logging and burning project in Bitterroot…