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Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce v. City of Santa Monica
Legislation that created residents-only, permit-required, parking district is exempt from requirements of California Environmental Quality Act. 		Environmental Law Oct. 13, 2002
Cadillac Fairview/California Inc. v. Dow Chemical Co.
Government is 100 percent liable for cleanup costs associated with pollutants from rubber plant that it owned and controlled during World War II. 		Environmental Law Oct. 10, 2002
Association to Protect Hammersley, Eld and Totten Inlets v. Taylor Resources Inc.
Mussel byproduct and shells entering Puget Sound via harvesting rafts are not pollutants under Clean Water Act. 		Environmental Law Oct. 10, 2002
Sherwood Valley Rancheria v. Friends of East Willits Valley
County's negative environmental impact declaration was permitted regarding tribe's desire to build low income housing. 		Environmental Law Sep. 24, 2002
Utahns for Better Transportation v. U.S. Dept. of Transportation
Federal agencies failed to consider impact of expanded transit system to wildlife in and around Great Salt Lake. 		Environmental Law Sep. 22, 2002
Ka Makani O' Kohala Ohana Inc. v. County of Hawaii, Department of Water Supply
HUD's involvement in local water transmission project does not constitute 'major federal action' under National Environmental Policy Act. 		Environmental Law Sep. 17, 2002
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District v. Norton
Injunction requiring Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct environmental impact statement was proper. 		Environmental Law Sep. 16, 2002
United States v. Shell Oil Co.
United States isn't liable for clean up of non-benzol waste dumped at McColl Superfund Site. 		Environmental Law Sep. 11, 2002
Arviv Enterprises, Inc. v. South Valley Area Planning Commission
Hillside development project where houses are built two at at time has significant environmental impact and requires environmental impact report. 		Environmental Law Sep. 11, 2002
Conservation Force Inc. v. Manning
Arizona's cap on nonresident deer hunting discriminates against interstate commerce. 		Environmental Law Aug. 26, 2002
Morrison Enterprises v. McShares Inc.
Plaintiff is entitled to presumption that its cleanup actions were in compliance with National Contingency Plan. 		Environmental Law Aug. 13, 2002
U.S. v. Hardman
Government must demonstrate how permitting process for distribution of eagle feathers advances compelling interests. 		Environmental Law Aug. 13, 2002
Pronsolino v. Nastri
EPA is authorized under Clean Water Act to require state to apply pollution controls to river. 		Environmental Law Aug. 8, 2002
Fat v. County of Sacramento (Sunset Skyranch Pilots Assn.)
County did not abuse its discretion in using existing environmental conditions as baseline for deciding whether project would have significant environmental impacts. 		Environmental Law Jul. 8, 2002
Tillamook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted adequate investigation in determining expansion of reservoir would not have significant environmental impact. 		Environmental Law Jul. 1, 2002
Friends of the Santa Clara River v. Castaic Lake Water Agency
Castaic Lake's 'Tiered' Environmental Impact Report is decertified after decertification of Monterey Agreement's Environmental Impact Report. 		Environmental Law Jun. 26, 2002
Davis v. Mineta
Because environmental assessment of highway project was inadequate, district court must grant preliminary injunction barring further road construction pending resolution on merits. 		Environmental Law Jun. 25, 2002
ONRC Action v. Columbia Plywood Inc.
Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality has authority to waive 180-day time limitation for discharge permit renewal by accepting renewal request. 		Environmental Law Jun. 4, 2002
SL Group, LLC v. Go West Industries, Inc.
Water court abuses it discretion in dismissing petition to correct substantive errors in judgment and decree. 		Environmental Law May 7, 2002
Sierra Club v. U.S. Dept. of Energy
Sierra Club's allegations that government failed to comply with environmental regulations before granting road easement are ripe for review. 		Environmental Law Apr. 30, 2002
Utah Shared Access Alliance v. U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Forest Service decision to close roads in forest is not arbitrary or capricious, nor in violation of National Environmental Policy Act. 		Environmental Law Apr. 29, 2002
Biodiversity Legal Foundation v. Badgley
Under Endangered Species Act, both initial and final determinations must be completed within one year from date petition to list species is received. 		Environmental Law Apr. 1, 2002
Kern v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Federal agency failed to prepare adequate environmental statements for proposed timber activity. 		Environmental Law Apr. 1, 2002
Empire Lodge Homeowners Association v. Moyer
Homeowners' association lacks standing in water court to invoke 'futile call' or 'enlargement' doctrines against water use by downstream senior appropriators. 		Environmental Law Mar. 21, 2002
Churchill County v. Norton
Fish and Wildlife Service's environmental impact statement regarding water rights of the Lahontan Wetlands is adequate. 		Environmental Law Mar. 7, 2002
United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.
Abandonment is determined from all surrounding circumstances, and equitable relief is inappropriate in abandonment context but may be appropriate in forfeiture context. 		Environmental Law Feb. 25, 2002
City of Redlands v. County of San Bernardino
County improperly approved land use amendment without first preparing environmental impact report. 		Environmental Law Feb. 22, 2002
U.S. v. Shell Oil Co.
Federal government is not liable for cleanup costs for contamination because it did not 'arrange' dumping activity. 		Environmental Law Feb. 19, 2002
Natural Resource Defense Council v. EPA
EPA erred in not affording notice and soliciting comments when final permit fundamentally differed from draft permit. 		Environmental Law Feb. 19, 2002
State of Wyoming v. U.S.
Court has authority to review Fish and Wildlife Service's refusal to allow Wyoming to vaccinate free-ranging elk. 		Environmental Law Feb. 13, 2002
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