A district court held that a nonsettling potentially responsible party (PRP) may intervene in a consent decree between the United States and settling PRPs concerning the reimbursement of response…
The Ninth Circuit granted the U.S. Navy's emergency motion to stay a preliminary injunction prohibiting its use of sonar during training activities. Environmental groups argued that the Navy…
A district court granted in part and denied in part environmental groups' motion to preliminarily enjoin all logging of suitable spotted owl habitat on private lands in owl circles outside of…
A district court held that a plaintiff's failure to join a city in its action against intermediate owners of a cast aluminum manufacturing facility did not warrant dismissal of the case. Upon…
A district court remanded to state court a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection lawsuit against a manufacturing company in which it seeks reimbursement of cleanup and removal costs…
A district court granted in part a motion to reconsider its previous ruling dismissing an industrial park owners' CERCLA and (RCRA claims against the prior owner. The current owner filed suit…
The Eleventh Circuit held that a district court should have remanded to state court individuals' strict liability claims against a development company for groundwater and surface water…
A district court awarded an environmental group attorneys fees, expert fees, and costs in connection with its underlying Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and…
A district court denied a motion to preliminarily enjoin a city from filling 3.5 acres of wetlands to construct a road. Environmental groups and homeowners argued that the U.S. Army Corps of…
The court reversed an award of costs that a lower court made to an irrigation district after denying farmers' petition for a writ of mandate to enforce the California Environmental Quality…