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Neighbors for Fair Planning v. City and County of San Francisco (Booker T. Washington Community Service Center)
Group of local residents opposing community center project cannot show that San Francisco impermissibly 'preapproved' project before considering environmental impacts. 		Environmental Law Jun. 26, 2013
Conservation Congress v. United States Forest Service
U.S. Forest Service adequately evaluates potential effects of timber sale on threatened northern spotted owl’s critical habitat. 		Environmental Law Jun. 13, 2013
County of Siskiyou v. Superior Court (Environmental Law Foundation)
Siskiyou Superior Court does not have exclusive ability to hear case involving groundwater permits by virtue of its 1980 decree regarding water rights. 		Environmental Law Jun. 13, 2013
Western Watersheds Project v. Abbey
BLM must conduct careful environmental analysis and consider alternatives before renewing grazing permits in Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. 		Environmental Law Jun. 9, 2013
San Joaquin Raptor Rescue Center v. County of Merced (Morris)
County planning commission violates requirement to expressly disclose its consideration of environmental impacts for proposed project at meeting. 		Environmental Law Jun. 3, 2013
North Coast Rivers Alliance v. Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors
Marin water district may build seawater desalination plant after adequately analyzing visual impacts of storage tanks on scenic vistas. 		Environmental Law May 23, 2013
Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack
Genetically engineered alfalfa that is resistant to herbicides is not a plant pest under Plant Protection Act because it does not cause plant disease, injury, or damage. 		Environmental Law May 20, 2013
Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending v. San Diego Unified School District
School district must prepare environmental impact report for improvements to high school stadium due to potential impacts on parking and traffic. 		Environmental Law Apr. 26, 2013
Conservation Northwest v. Sherman
Consent decree improperly amends standard for assessing impact of logging on ecologically crucial species without following applicable statutory requirements. 		Environmental Law Apr. 26, 2013
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands v. EPA
Oil company's drillship and fleet of vessels are authorized by EPA to conduct exploratory drilling operations in Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s coast. 		Environmental Law Apr. 24, 2013
Golden Gate Land Holdings LLC v. East Bay Regional Park District
Agency may proceed with eminent domain proceedings concerning state park and bay trail project prior to completion of environmental report. 		Environmental Law Apr. 16, 2013
Ecological Rights Foundation v. Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Telephone companies' discharges of stormwater runoff from utility poles treated with wood preservative do not violate Clean Water Act. 		Environmental Law Apr. 4, 2013
Alliance for the Protection of the Auburn Community Environment v. County of Placer (Bohemia Properties LLC)
Petition challenging development project is rejected because organization failed to sue within limitations period and was not entitled to relief for procedural mistakes. 		Environmental Law Apr. 3, 2013
Soco West Inc. v. California EPA
California's Dept. of Toxic Substances must invoke remedies within California’s Superfund law for cleanup of hazardous waste site upon voluntary written request. 		Environmental Law Mar. 29, 2013
Concerned Dublin Citizens v. City of Dublin (AvalonBay Communities Inc.)
Proposed development of apartments within larger mixed-use development, for which environmental impact report had already been certified, is exempt from review. 		Environmental Law Mar. 29, 2013
Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Logging firms do not need permits for discharges of channeled stormwater runoff because permits are not required for temporary, outdoor logging installations. 		Environmental Law Mar. 21, 2013
Chubb Custom Insurance Co. v. Space Systems/Loral Inc.
Insurance company cannot sue third-parties regarding cleanup of hazardous substances because it was not statutorily liable for cleanup costs. 		Environmental Law Mar. 18, 2013
City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern
Kern County may not enforce ban on use of fertilizer made from recycled sewage to prevent City of Los Angeles from disposing of sludge on farms. 		Environmental Law Mar. 13, 2013
Great Old Broads for Wilderness v. Kimbell
U.S. Forest Service's plan for restoring road damaged by flooding does not violate related environmental laws despite potential risk to endangered trout. 		Environmental Law Mar. 5, 2013
San Luis Unit Food Producers v. United States
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is not required to deliver amount of water preferred by farmers in California's Central Valley before providing water for other purposes. 		Environmental Law Mar. 4, 2013
Soco West Inc. v. California EPA
California's Dept. of Toxic Substances must invoke remedies within California’s Superfund law for cleanup of hazardous waste site upon voluntary written request. 		Environmental Law Mar. 1, 2013
Habitat and Watershed Caretakers v. City of Santa Cruz (Regents of the University of California)
City's environmental impact report on university project is invalid because it fails to analyze limited-water supply alternative for the project. 		Environmental Law Feb. 20, 2013
Save Cuyama Valley v. County of Santa Barbara (Troesh Materials Inc.)
County of Santa Barbara properly grants company's application for conditional use permit to begin sand and gravel mining in Cuyama River. 		Environmental Law Feb. 12, 2013
Center for Biological Diversity v. Salazar
Mining company may resume uranium mining operations in Mohave County, Arizona after decades-long hiatus caused by severe drop in uranium prices. 		Environmental Law Feb. 5, 2013
Alaska Survival v. Surface Transportation Board
Surface Transportation Board properly authorizes railroad corporation’s proposed construction and operation of railroad line extension to Port MacKenzie, Alaska. 		Environmental Law Jan. 23, 2013
United States v. El Dorado County
Government may not appeal order that suspended consent decree to determine its liability for increased costs in cleaning up abandoned landfill. 		Environmental Law Jan. 13, 2013
Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc.
Los Angeles County is not liable for transfers of polluted water from concrete-lined portions of rivers into unlined portions of the same rivers. 		Environmental Law Jan. 8, 2013
Jayne v. Sherman
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Biological Opinion finding that Idaho Roadless Rule does not jeopardize listed species does not violate Endangered Species Act. 		Environmental Law Jan. 7, 2013
Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands v. EPA
Oil company's drillship and fleet of vessels are authorized by EPA to conduct exploratory drilling operations in Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s coast. 		Environmental Law Dec. 26, 2012
Central Coast Forest Association v. California Fish and Game Commission
Timber groups' challenge to decision deeming salmon species endangered is unacceptable where challenge is via delisting petition, rather than administrative mandate. 		Environmental Law Dec. 16, 2012
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