Case Law Index
Environmental Law
January 1, 2002 - March 1, 2011
This index provides a comprehensive though not necessarily exhaustive compilation of reported and unreported federal and state court decisions involving Environmental Law that were decided on or after January 1, 2002. For those cases that have been summarized by the National Agricultural Law Center, a link is provided to the summary. The index will be regularly updated to reflect new judicial developments. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order.
The "Text" link goes to the freely available Google Scholar text of the opinion; the "Summary" link goes to a summary of the opinion written by the National Agricultural Law Center staff.
SUPREME COURT
Burlington N. & Sante Fe Ry. Co. v. United States, --- U.S. ---, 129 S. Ct. 1870 (2009) (manufacturer not liable as an "arranger" under CERCLA) Text | Summary
Summers v. Earth Island Inst., --- U.S. ---, 129 S. Ct. 1142 (2009) (standing to challenge federal public lands policy) Text | Summary
Nat'l Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife, 127 S. Ct. 2518 (2007) (criteria for EPA to transfer permitting authority to state) Text | Summary
Rapanos v. United States, 547 U.S. 715 (2006) (scope of the CWA to protect wetlands) Text
Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C., 544 U.S. 431 (2005) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
Bourne ex rel. Bourne v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 543 U.S. 917 (2004) (cert denied re: fungicide as toxic tort) Summary
S. Fla. Water Mgmt. Dist. v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, 541 U.S. 95 (2004) (scope of NPDES permit) Text | Summary
FIRST CIRCUIT
Ashland Inc. v. GAR Electroforming, No. 08-227ML, 2010 WL 2927374 (D. R.I. July 22, 2010) (groundwater remediation costs at hazardous waste disposal site) Text
Animal Welfare Inst. v. Martin, No. CV-08-267-B-W, 2009 WL 3766937 (D. Me. Nov. 10. 2009) (incidental taking of endangered species) Text
Sierra Club v. Wagner, 555 F.3d 21 (1st Cir. 2009) (approval of two forest management plans) Text
Animal Welfare Inst. v. Martin, 588 F.Supp.2d 70 (D. Me. 2008) (incidental takings under ESA) Text | Summary
Natural Res. Council of Me. v. Int'l Paper Co., 424 F.Supp.2d 235 (D. Me. 2006) (citizen suit standing, notice) Text | Summary
U.S. Pub. Interest Research Group v. Atl. Salmon of Me., LLC., 339 F.3d 23 (1st Cir. 2003) (granting injunction to remedy past CWA violations) Text
U.S. Pub. Interest Research Group v. Atl. Salmon of Me., LLC., 215 F.Supp.2d 239 (D. Me. 2002) (citizen suit against salmon farm) Text | Summary
Brunault v. S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., No. Civ.A.00-30059-FHF, 2002 WL 32538419 (D.Mass. Sept. 24, 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Summary
U.S. Public Interest Research Group c. Stolt Sea Farm, Inc., 2002 WL 240386 (D. Me. 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm) Summary
U.S. Public Interest Research Group v. Heritage Salmon, Inc., 2002 WL 240440 (D. Me. 2002) (CWA citizen suit against salmon farm)
SECOND CIRCUIT
Metropolitan Taxicab Bd. of Trade v. City of New York, 615 F.3d 152 (2nd Cir. 2010) (preemption of local regulation involving incentives for purchase of hybrid taxicabs) Text
Humane Soc'y of United States v. HVFG, LLC, No. 06 CV 6829(HB), 2010 WL 1837785 (S.D.N.Y. May 06, 2010) (private party action for a violation of the Clean Water Act) Text
Coon ex rel. Coon v. Willet Dairy, Ltd. P'ship, 536 F.3d 171 (2d Cir. 2008) (barring RCRA claims) Text | Summary
Coon v. Willet Dairy, LP, Nos. 5:02-CV-1195 (FJS/GJD), 5:04-CV-917 (FJS/GJD), 2007 WL 2071746 (N.D.N.Y. 2007) (CWA and RCRA claims) Text | Summary
Natural Res. Def. Council v. Johnson, 461 F.3d 164 (2d Cir. 2006) (EPA determination on pesticide residue) Text | Summary
Fox v. Cheminova, Inc., 387 F.Supp. 2d 160 (E.D.N.Y. 2005) (FIFRA scope and preemption) Text | Summary
W. Harlem Envtl. Action v. EPA, 380 F.Supp. 2d 289 (S.D.N.Y. 2005) (FIFRA and rodenticide) Text | Summary
No Spray Coal. v. City of New York, No. 00 Civ. 5395(GBD), 2005 WL 1354041 (S.D.N.Y.) (CWA permit) Text | Summary
Waterkeeper Alliance, Inc. v. U.S. E.P.A., 399 F.3d 486 (2d Cir. 2005) (challenge to CAFO Act) Text | Summary
No Spray Coal. v. City of New York, 351 F.3d 602 (2d Cir. 2003) (CWA citizen suit) Text
Plourde v. Gladstone, 69 F. App'x 485 (2nd Cir. 2003) (toxic tort) Summary
Williams v. Dow Chem. Co., 255 F.Supp. 2d 219 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (FIFRA preemption; pesticide approval fraud) Text
Fox v. Cheminova, Inc., 213 F.R.D. 113 (E.D.N.Y. 2003) (FIFRA class action) ">Summary
No Spray Coal. v. City of New York, No. 00 Civ.5395 JSM, 2002 WL 31682387 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) (CWA and FIFRA)
Altman v. Town of Amherst, 47 F. App'x 62 (2d Cir. 2002) (pesticide application under CWA) ">Summary
Plourde v. Gladstone, 190 F.Supp.2d 708 (D.Vt. 2002) (toxic tort) Text | Summary
THIRD CIRCUIT
United States v. Rohm & Haas Co., No. 09-5528 (FLW), 2010 WL 3811302 (D. N.J. Sept. 22, 2010) (equitable tolling under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act) Text
Animal Welfare Inst. v. Beech Ridge Energy LLC, --- F.Supp.2d ---, 2009 WL 4884520 (D. Md. 2009) (challenge to wind farm that it would take an endangered species) Text
Del. Audubon Soc'y, Inc. v. Sec'y of the United States Dep't of Interior, No. 06-223-GMS, 2009 WL 763925 (D. Del. Mar. 24, 2009) (violation of various environmental laws for entering into cooperative farming agreements in wildlife refuge) Text | Summary
Mangan v. Brierre, Civil Action No. 06-3204, 2007 WL 475820 (E.D. Pa. 2007) (CERCLA) Text | Summary
Mortellite v. Novartis Crop Prot., Inc., 460 F.3d 483 (3d Cir. 2006) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
Nat'l Res. Def. Council v. EPA, No. Civ. RDB 03-2444, 2005 WL 1241904 (D. Md. 2005) (ESA citizen suit) Summary
Reynolds v. Rick's Mushroom Serv., Inc., 246 F.Supp.2d 449 (E.D. Pa. 2003) (CWA violation; waste from mushroom processor) Text | Summary
Am. Littoral Soc'y v. U.S. EPA, 199 F.Supp.2d 217 (D.N.J. 2002) (review of state approved CWA water bodies lists) Text
FOURTH CIRCUIT
North Carolina, ex rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Authority, 615 F.2d 291 (4th Cir. 2010) (emissions of coal-fired power plants were not a public nuisance) Text
PCS Nitrogen v. Ross Dev. Corp., No. 2:09-3171-MBS, 2010 WL 2892619 (D. S.C. Sept. 30, 2010) (liability for clean of costs for soil contamination by phosphate fertilizer plant operator) Text
Allegheny Energy Supply Co. v. Spitzer, No. 1:05CV04, 2010 WL 3220355 (N.D. W.Va. Aug. 12, 2010) (Clean Air Act) Text
Assateague Coastkeeper v. Alan and Kristin Hudson Farm, No. WMN-10-cv-0487, 2010 WL 2924661 (D. Md. July 21, 2010) (discharges of poultry manure) Text
The Piney Run Pres. Ass'n v. County Comm'rs of Carroll County, Md., 523 F.3d 453 (4th Cir. 2008) ("diligent" prosecution by state) Text | Summary
Wyatt v. Sussex Surry, LLC, 482 F.Supp.2d 740 (E.D. Va. 2007) (CWA does not preempt state common law claims) Text | Summary Text
Potomac Riverkeeper, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, No. RDB 04-38845, 2006 WL 890755 (D. Md. March 31, 2006) (lack of jurisdiction, time limits on states to create TMDLs) Summary
Bourne ex rel. Bourne v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 85 Fed. App'x 964 (4th Cir. 2004) (toxic tort) Summary
Ohio Valley Envtl. Coalition v. Horinko, 279 F.Supp.2d 732 (S.D. W. Va. 2003) (state antidegradation policy) Text | Summary
N.C. Shellfish Growers Ass'n v. Holly Ridge Assoc., L.L.C, 278 F.Supp.2d 654 (E.D. N.C. 2003) (jurisdiction, point source, pollutant, discharge) Text | Summary
American Canoe Ass'n v. Murphy Farms, 326 F.3d 505 (4th Cir. 2003) (CWA) Text | Summary
O'Brien v. Appomattox County, 213 F. Supp. 2d 627 (W.D. Va. 2002) (county ordinance to prevent the application of biosolids) Text | Summary
S. States Coop. Inc. v. I.S.P. Co., 198 F.Supp.2d 807 (N.D. W. Va. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
FIFTH CIRCUIT
The Aransas Project v. Shaw, No. C-10-75, 2010 WL 2522415 (S.D. Tex. June 17, 2010) (Endangered Species Act challenge) Text
United States v. Lucas, 516 F.3d 316 (5th Cir. 2008) (discharges by septic tank into wetlands) Text | Summary
C.C. Prine v. BASF Corp., Civil Action No. 06-0966, 2006 WL 2294822 (M.D. La. 2006) (FIFRA) Text | Summary
Morgan v. Powe Timber Co., 367 F.Supp. 2d 1032 (S.D. Miss. 2005)(injuries from pesticide use) Text | Summary
W. Tex. Agriplex v. Mid-Continent Cas. Co., No. Civ.A. 5:03-CV-199-C, 2004 WL 1515122 (N.D. Tex. 2004)(fertilizer dealer liability) Text | Summary
Fanguy v. Eastover Country Club L.L.C., No. Civ.A. 01-3778, 2002 WL 1888901 (E.D. La.) (toxic tort) Summary
Shields v. Norton, 289 F.3d 832 (5th Cir. 2002) (action to declare ESA taking provision unconstitutional not ripe for judicial review). Text | Summary
Agrosciences v. Bates, No. CIV.A. 5:01-CV-331-C, 2002 WL 1205143 (N.D. Tex. 2002) (FIFRA; procedural ruling) " target="_blank">Summary
Sierra Club v. Glickman, 156 F.3d 606 (5th Cir. 1998) (aquifer-dependant species). Text | Summary
SIXTH CIRCUIT
Meister v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 623 F.3d 363 (6th Cir. 2010) (challenge to revised management plan for forests involving snowmobile use and cross-country skiing) Text
Lozar v. Birds Eye Food, Inc., No. 1:09-cv-10, 2010 WL 2231831 (W.D. Mich. June 1, 2010) (claims of violations of RCRA and CERCLA) Text
Lozar v. Birds Eye Food, Inc., No. 1:09-cv-10, 2009 WL 5196154 (W.D. Mich. Dec. 22, 2009) (claims of violations of RCRA and CERCLA) Text
Nat'l Cotton Council of Am. v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 553 F.3d 927 (6th Cir. 2009) (exemption of pesticides from the Clean Water Act) Text
Kentucky Waterways Alliance v. Johnson, 426 F.Supp.2d 612 (W.D. Ky. 2006) (EPA sued for approval of CWA rules) Text | Summary
Tungett v. Papierski, No. 3:05-CV-289, 2006 WL 51148 (E.D. Tenn. Jan. 10, 2006) (subject matter over citizen suits) Text | Summary
Johnson County Citizen Committee for Clean Air and Water v. EPA, No. 3:05-0222, 2005 WL 2204953 (M.D. Tenn. Sept. 9, 2005) (state NPDES permit) Summary
Perry v. Se. Boll Weevil Eradication Found., 154 F. App'x 467 (6th Cir. 2005) (spraying insecticide as "taking") Summary
Am. Canoe Ass'n, Inc. v. City of Louisa Water & Sewer Comm'n, 389 F.3d 536 (6th Cir. 2004) (standing to bring citizen suit) Text | Summary
Sierra Club, Inc. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 299 F.Supp.2d 693 (W.D. Ky. 2003) (definition of "facility" under CERCLA) Text | Summary
SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Habitat Educ. Ctr. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 680 F.Supp.2d 996 (E.D. Wis. 2010) (compliance with NEPA) Text
Habitat Educ. Ctr. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 680 F.Supp.2d 1007 (E.D. Wis. 2010) (compliance with NEPA) Text
Nat'l Pork Producers Council v. Jackson, 638 F.Supp.2d 1020 (W.D. Wis. 2009) (EPCRA reporting requirements in agriculture; dismissal of claim as not justiciable) Text
Nature Conservancy v. Wilder Corp. of Del., No. 06-1096, 2009 WL 1492177 (C.D. Ill. May 28, 2009) (seller liable under purchase agreement to clean up lagoons, petroleum tanks, and other trash) Text | Summary
Habitat Educ. Ctr., Inc. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 593 F.Supp.2d 1019 (E.D. Wis. 2009) (no violations of NEPA and National Forest Management Act) Text | Summary
Croplife Am., Inc. v. City of Madison, 373 F.Supp. 2d 905 (W.D. Wis. 2005) (constitutionality of county fertilizer ordinances) Text | Summary
Test Drilling Service Co. v. Hanor Co., 322 F.Supp.2d 965 (C.D. Ill. 2004) (property damage) Text | Summary
Greenfield Mills, Inc. v. Macklin, 361 F.3d 934 (7th Cir. 2004) (§ 404 permit) Text | Summary
LeVake v. Zawistowski, No. 02-C-0657-C, 2003 WL 23200367 (W.D. Wis. 2003) (pesticide overspray)
Save The Valley, Inc. v. U.S. E.P.A., 223 F.Supp.2d 997 (S.D.Ind. 2002) (implementation of CWA)
In re StarLink Corn Prod. Liab. Litig., 212 F.Supp. 2d 828 (N.D. Ill. 2002) (GMO) July 11, 2002
EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Yankton Sioux Tribe Head Start Concerned Parents v. Longview Farms, LLP, No. CIV. 08-4058, 2009 WL 891866 (D. S.D. Mar. 31, 2009) (no violations of NEPA and historical preservation act by non-federal entity; no alleged violations of CWA and CAA by farrowing operation) Text | Summary
Sierra Club v. Kimbell, 595 F.Supp.2d 1021 (D. Minn. 2009) (review of forest management plant) Text | Summary
Avila v. CNH Am., LLC, Nos. 4:04CV3384, 4:07CV3170, 2009 WL 151600 (D. Neb. Jan. 2, 2006) (subsurface contamination) Text | Summary
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Harvey, 574 F.Supp.2d 934 (E.D. Ark. Aug. 8, 2008) (Endangered Species Act violations) Text | Summary
Ogeechee-Canoochee Riverkeeper, Inc. v. U.S. EPA, No. 606CV102, 2008 WL 2199369 (S.D. Ga. May 27, 2008) (silviculture exemption to § 404) Text
Thomas v. U.S. EPA, No. C06-0115, 2007 WL 4439483 (N.D. Iowa Dec. 17, 2007) (removal and addition of impaired waterbodies) Summary
United States v. Bailey, 516 F.Supp.2d 998 (D. Minn. 2007) (scope of wetlands protection) Text | Summary
K.C.1986 Ltd. P'ship v. Reade Mfg., 472 F.3d 1009 (8th Cir. 2007) (CERCLA) Text | Summary
Green Acres Enter., Inc. v. United States, 418 F.3d 852 (8th Cir. 2005) (taking, "incidental fallback") Text | Summary
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy v. U.S. E.P.A, No. CIV03-5450(DWF/SRN), 2005 WL 1490331 (D. Minn. June 23, 2005) (invalidating state TMDL) Summary
Dahlman Farms, Inc. v. FMC Corp., 240 F.Supp. 2d 1012 (D.Minn. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
Mo. Soybean Ass'n v. EPA, 289 F.3d 509 (8th Cir. 2002) (jurisdiction) Text | Summary
Netland v. Hess & Clark, Inc., 284 F.3d 895 (8th Cir. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
NINTH CIRCUIT
Center for Food Safety v. Vilsack, No. 10-17719, 2011 WL 676187 (9th Cir. Feb 25, 2011) (organic seed business owners did not demonstrate that herbicide-resistant sugar beets posed likelihood of genetic contamination)
Family Farm Alliance v. Salazar, No. 1:09-CV-01201 OWW, 2010 WL 4323058 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 26, 2010) (farmer action against Fish and Wildlife Service regarding threatened Delta smelt) Text
W. Watersheds Proj. v. Interior Bd. of Land Appeals, No. 09-35708, 2010 WL 3960577 (9th Cir. Oct. 12, 2010) (group challenging grazing permits issued by Bureau of Land Management not eligible for fees under Equal Access to Justice Act) Text
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Ctr. v. Grantham, No. 2:10-cv-02350-GEB-CMK, 2010 WL 3958640 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 8, 2010) (challenge to U.S. Forest Service's Panther Fire Salvage and Reforestation Project)
Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Cottrell, 622 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2010) (preliminary injunction against U.S. Forest Service relating to logging project and timber sales granted) Text
League of Wilderness Defenders Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Allen, 615 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2010) (use of commercial logging to reduce risk from fire and disease) Text
Ctr. For Food Safety v. Vilsack, No. C 10-04038, 2010 WL 3835699 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 28, 2010) (motions for intervention in sugar beet matter by Monsanto and Betaseed granted in part; attack on plaintiff's standing overruled)
Conservation Congress v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. CIV. S-07-2764 LKK/KJM, 2010 WL 3636142 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 14, 2010) (challenge to Forest Service's vegetation management project dismissed) Text
W. Watersheds Project v. Kraayenbrink, 620 F.3d 1187 (9th Cir. 2010) (challenge to changes in nationwide grazing regulations on federal lands) Text
City of Emeryville v. Robinson, 621 F.3d 1251 (9th Cir. 2010) (action by pesticide manufacturer to enforce settlement involving contamination clean-up) Text
Hapner v. Tidwell, 621 F.3d 1239 (9th Cir. 2010) (challenge to approval of commercial logging of national forest) Text
Citizens for Better Forestry v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., No. 08-01927, 2010 WL 3222183 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 13, 2010) (alleged violation of Endangered Species Act for promulgations of rules)
N. California River Watch v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. C 10-0534 PJH, 2010 WL 3184324 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2010) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act)
W. Watersheds Project v. Rosenkrance, No. CV 09-365-E-BLW, 2010 WL 3522244 (D. Idaho July 29, 2010) (issuance of grazing permit by BLM was arbitrary and capricious) Text
Grand Canyon Trust v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, CV-07-8164-PHX-DGC, 2010 WL 2643537 (D. Ariz. June 29, 2010) (Endangered Species Act) Text
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Goldstene, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 2490999 (E.D. Cal. 2010) (challenge to Global Warming Solutions Act) Text
Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. Tidwell, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 2246419 (D. Or. 2010) (challenge under the ESA and NFMA for grazing permits) Text
Adam Bros. Farming, Inc. v. County of Santa Barbara, 604 F.3d 1142 (9th Cir. 2010) (challenge to wetland delineation as a taking) Text
Ctr. For Biological Diversity v. E.P.A., No. C07-02794 JCS, 2010 WL 2143658 (N.D. Cal. May 17, 2010) (pesticide did not have an effects determination under Endangered Species Act)
Western Watersheds Project v. U.S. Forest Service, No. 09-0629-E-BLW, 2010 WL 1816254 (D. Idaho May 04, 2010) (failure to follow NEPA for noxious weeds and global warming) Text
Wild Fish Conservancy v. EPA, No. C08-0156-JCC, 2010 WL 1734850 (W.D. Wash. April 28, 2010) (challenge to state regulations exempting salmon farms) Text
Native Ecosystems Council v. Tidwell, --- F.3d ---, 2010 WL 843761 (9th Cir. 2010) (failure to comply with NEPA in updating grazing allotments) Text
Sierra Club v. Johnson, No. C 08-01409 WHA, 2010 WL 147951 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 12, 2010) (attorneys fees under CERCLA)
Glasser Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv., No. 08-35764, 2009 WL 5184208 (9th Cir. Dec. 28, 2009) (incidental take permit for salmon hatchery) Text
Family Farm Alliance v. Salazar, Nos. 1:09-CV-00407 OWW DLB, 1:09-CV-01201 OWW DLB, 2009 WL 4716050 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 3, 2009) (biological opinion under ESA)
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Lubchenco, No. C-09-4087 EDL, 2009 WL 4545169 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 30, 2009) (listing animal under ESA)
In re Delta Smelt Consol. Cases, --- F.Supp.2d ---, 2009 WL 3823934 (E.D. Cal. 2009) (biological opinion for delta smelt) Text
In re Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases, 663 F.Supp.2d 922 (E.D. Cal. 2009) (ESA standing) Text
Cent. Delta Water Agency v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., 653 F.Supp.2d 1066 (E.D. Cal. 2009) (standing to bring NEPA claim) Text
California ex rel. Lockyer v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 575 F.3d 999 (9th Cir. 2009) (NEPA economic analysis and ESA consultation required before removing roadless rule in national forests) Text
Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Larson, 641 F.Supp.2d 1120 (D. Idaho 2009) (No violations of NEPA in allowing phosphate mining to expand) Text
Citizens for Better Forestry v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 632 F.Supp.2d 968, 2009 WL 1883728 (violation of NEPA and ESA in promulgating forest management plans) Text | Summary
Ctr. For Biological Diversity v. Wagner, No. 08-302-CL, 2009 WL 2176049 (D. Or. June 20, 2009) (claim that decision to allow grazing violated NEPA)
Geertson Seed Farms v. Johanns, 570 F.3d 1130, (9th Cir. 2009) (upholding injunction for not complying with NEPA) Text
Ctr. For Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., 623 F.Supp.2d 1044 (N.D. Cal. 2009) (violations of the ESA) Text
Grand Canyon Trust v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 623 F.Supp.2d 1015 (D. Ariz. 2009) (operation of dam does not violated the ESA) Text
Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., No. 2:07-cv-00837 CW, 2009 WL 1078600 (D. Utah Apr. 22, 2009) (challenging permit to take endangered prairie dogs) Text | Summary
Adams v. United States, No. 03-0049-E-BLW, 2009 WL 1034762 (D. Idaho Apr. 16, 2009) (testimony on compliance with NEPA) Text | Summary
W. Watersheds Project v. Dryer, Nos. CV-04-181-S-BLW, CV-02-521-S-BLW, 2009 WL 484438 (D. Idaho Feb. 26, 2009) (grazing permits; Endangered Species Act violations) Summary
Sierra Forest Legacy v. U.S. Forest Serv., 598 F.Supp.2d 1058 (N.D. Cal. 2009) (claim management plan violated NEPA and ESA) Text | Summary
Bark v. U.S. Bureau of Land Mgmt., No. CV 07-1536-MO, 2009 WL 279087 (D. Or. Feb. 5, 2009) (no NEPA violations by BLM in opening up area for logging) Text | Summary
Alliance for Wild Rockies v. Kimbell, No. 06-36013, 2009 WL 141376 (9th Cir. Jan. 21, 2009) (no violation of NEPA) Summary
Silver Dollar Grazing Ass'n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., No. 07-35612, 2009 WL 166924 (9th Cir. Jan. 13, 2009) (grazing management plan did not violate NEPA) Summary
Cent. Mont. Wildlands Ass'n v. Kimball, No. 06-35938, 2009 WL 117851 (9th Cir. Jan. 9, 2009) (no violations of NEPA by Forest Service) Summary
League of Wilderness Defenders v. U.S. Forest Serv., 549 F.3d 1211 (9th Cir. 2008) (NEPA violation in approving selective logging program) Text
Citizens for Better Forestry v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., Nos. C 05-1144 PJH, C 04-4512 PJH, 2008 WL 5210945 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 11, 2008) (attorney's fees under ESA)
Greater Yellowstone Coal. v. Timchak, No. CV-08-388-E-MHW, 2008 WL 4911410 (D. Idaho Nov. 13, 2008) (violations of NEPA in expansion of phosphorus mine) Text | Summary
Western Watersheds Projects v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. C 08-1460 PJH, 2008 WL 2952837 (N.D. Cal. July 30, 2008) (denial of intervention; NEPA violations in grazing permits) Summary
Our Children's Earth Found. v. U.S. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 527 F.3d 842 (9th Cir. 2008) (technology based standards) Text | Summary
Cloud Found., Inc. v. Kempthrone, 546 F.Supp.2d 1003 (D. Mont. 2008) (statute of limitations to challenge forest plant; no violations of Wild Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act) Text
W. Watersheds Project v. Kraayenbrink, 538 F.Supp.2d 1302 (D. Idaho 2008) (violations of NEPA and ESA in grazing permit regulations) Text
Ariz. Cattle Growers' Ass'n v. Kempthorne, 534 F.Supp.2d 1013 (D. Ariz. 2008) (designation federal land as critical habitat under the ESA) Text
Ass'n of Irritated Residents v. Fred Schakel Dairy, No. 1:05-CV-00707, 2008 WL 850136 (E.D. Cal. 2008) (motion to dismiss CAA challenge to dairy) Summary
Or. Natural Desert Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. 07-634-AS, 2008 WL 140657 (D. Or. 2008) (grazing runoff is not a point source) Text | Summary
Idaho Watersheds Project v. Jones, 253 Fed.Appx. 684 (9th Cir. 2007) (water diversion and the ESA) Summary
Center For Food Safety v. Johanns, Civ. No. 03-00621 JMS/BMK, 2007 WL 3072860 (D.Hawai'i, 2007) (attorney's fees under ESA in biotech case) Summary
Stevens County v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, 507 F.Supp.2d 1127 (E.D. Wash. 2007) (NEPA did not require issuance of EIS) Text
Ventana Wilderness Alliance v. Bradford, No. C 06-5472 PJH, 2007 WL 1848042 (N.D. Cal. June 27, 2007) (no violations of NEPA in allowing grazing) Text
W. Watersheds Project v. Kraayenbrink, Nos. CV-05-297-E-BLW, CV-06-275-E-BLW, 2007 WL 1667618 (D. Idaho June 8, 2007) (new grazing regulations violated NEPA and ESA) Text
Ctr. For Food Safety v. Johanns, CV. No. 03-00621 JMS-BMK, 2007 WL 3072863 (D.Hawai'i, 2007) (Field testing of GMOs and compliance with ESA and NEPA) Summary
Ass'n of Irritated Residents v. C&R Vanderham Dairy, No. 1:05-CV-01593 OWW SMS, 2007 WL 2815038 (E.D. Cal. 2007) (dairy regulation under the CAA and California state law). Summary
Coldani v. Hamm, No. Civ S-07-660, 2007 WL 2345016 (E.D. Cal. 2007) (CWA citizen suit requirements, navigable waters) Summary
Bowoto v. Chevron Corp. No. C 99-02506 SI, 2007 WL 2349336 (N.D.Cal. 2007) (International environmental law)
City of Los Angeles v. County of Kern, 509 F.Supp.2d 865 (C.D. Cal. 2007) (no preemption of local bans on land applications of biosolids) Text | Summary
Lindner v. Meadow Gold Dairies, Inc., 515 F.Supp.2d 1154 (D. Haw. 2007) (complying with the CWA did not frustrate a lease) Text | Summary
N. Cal. River Watch v. City of Healdsburg, 496 F.3d 993 (9th Cir. 2007) (significant nexus to navigable waters) Text | Summary
U.S. v. Moses, 496 F.3d 984 (9th Cir. 2007) (water of the United States, what is a discharge) Text | Summary
San Francisco Baykeeper v. Cargill Salt Div., 481 F.3d 700 (9th Cir. 2007) (waters of the United States) Text | Summary
Geertson Seed Farms v. Johanns, No. C 06-01075 CRB, 2007 WL 518624 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (GMO crop as "significant environmental impact" under the ESA) Text | Summary
Envtl. Prot. Info. Ctr. v. Pac. Lumber Co., 469 F.Supp.2d 803 (N.D. Cal. 2007) (discharge, point source, navigable waters) Text | Summary
Or. Natural Desert Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. 07-634-AS, 2007 WL 140657 (D. Or. Jan. 10, 2007) (grazing runoff is not a point source) Text
Physicians Comm. for Responsible Medicine v. EPA, No. C 05-04093 CRB, 2006 WL 3000657 (N.D. Cal. 2006)(challenge to EPA program) Text | Summary
Chem. Producers & Distrib. Ass'n v. Helliker, 463 F.3d 871 (9th Cir. 2006) (pesticide registration) Text | Summary
Wash. Toxics Coal. v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, 457 F.Supp. 2d 1158 (W.D. Wash. 2006) (challenge to FWS and NMFS regulations) Text | Summary
Geertson Farms, Inc. v. Johanns, 439 F. Supp. 2d 1012 (N.D. Cal. 2006) (ESA claim re: pesticide used on GMO hay) Text | Summary
Forest Guardians v. Johanns, 450 F.3d 455 (9th Cir. 2006) (agency did not re-initiate consultations under ESA to grazing allotments) Text
W. Watersheds Project v. U.S. Forest Serv., No. CV-05-189-E-BLW, 2006 WL 1697181 (D. Idaho June 12, 2006) (permanent injunction to prevent further grazing on allotments till supplemental EIS done)
Ass'n of Irritated Residents v. Fred Schakel Dairy, 2005 WL 3299508 (E.D.Cal. 2005) (administrative procedures) Text | Summary
Baccarat Fremont Developers, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps Eng'rs, 425 F.3d 1150 (9th Cir. 2005) (jurisdiction over wetlands) Text | Summary
City of Livingston v. Dow Chem. Co., No. C 05-03262 JSW, 2005 WL 2463916 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (removal to federal court on water contamination claim)
City of Oceanside v. Dow Chem. Co., No. C 05-02482 JSW, 2005 WL 2463917 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (removal to federal court on water contamination claim)
Montara Water & Sanitary Dist., No. C 05-02480 JSW, 2005 WL 2463918 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (removal to federal court on water contamination claim)
City of Alhambra v. Dow Chem. Co., No. C 05-02595 JSW, 2005 WL 2463952 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (removal to federal court on water contamination claim)
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Leavitt, No. C 02-01580JSW, 2005 WL 2277030 (N.D. Cal. 2005) (ESA citizen suit)
Fairhurst v. Hagener, 422 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2005) (application of pesticide) Text | Summary
Adams v. United States, 420 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir. 2005) (herbicide drift) Text
W. Watersheds Project v. Bennett, 392 F.Supp.2d 1217 (D. Idaho 2005) (violations of NEPA in issuing grazing permits) Text
Washington Toxics Coalition v. Environmental Protection Agency, 413 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2005). (EIS regarding pesticides) Text
Forest Guardians v. Veneman, 392 F.Supp.2d 1082 (D. Ariz. 2005) (challenging biological opinion under the ESA) Text
Ctr. for Food Safety v. Veneman, 364 F.Supp.2d 1202 (D.Hawai'I 2005) (GMO effect under ESA) Text
United States v. Adam Bros. Farming, Inc., No. CV-00-7409 CAS (RNBx), 2005 WL 5957827 (C.D. Cal. Jan. 25, 2005) (control of discharges in waters of the U.S.)
Davidson v. Arch Chem. Specialty Prod., Inc., 347 F.Supp. 2d 938 (D.Or. 2004) (FIFRA preemption) Text
Wash. Toxics Coal. v. EPA, 357 F.Supp. 2d 1266 (W.D. Wash. 2004) (challenge to EPA committee) Text
United States v. Adam Bros. Farming, Inc., 369 F.Supp.2d 1180 (C.D. Cal. 2004) (jurisdiction of the CWA) Text
Chem. Producers & Distrib. Ass'n v. Helliker, No. CV 02-9781 AHM, 2004 WL 1490376 (C.D. Cal. 2004) (FIFRA preemption) Text
Vanderzanden Farms, L.L.C. v. Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C., 323 F.Supp. 2d 1075 (D. Or. 2004) (FIFRA preemption) Text
Chem. Producers & Distrib. Ass'n v. Helliker, 319 F.Supp. 2d 1116 (C.D. Cal. 2004)(FIFRA preemption) Text
United States v. Phillips, 367 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 2004) (navigability of waters) Text
Or. Natural Desert Ass'n v. U.S. Forest Serv., 312 F.Supp.2d 1337 (D. Or. 2004) (duty to manage livestock grazing within wild and scenic river corridors with forest plan standards) Text
United States v. Adam Bros. Farming, Inc., 369 F.Supp.2d 1166 (C.D. Cal. 2003) (jurisdiction of the CWA) Text
Forest Guardians v. Veneman, 305 F.Supp.2d 1118 (D. Ariz. 2003) (10-year grazing permits should not have been based on three-year environmental impact studies) Text
Envtl. Def. Ctr., Inc. v. U.S. EPA, 344 F.3d 832 (9th Cir. 2003), cert. denied, 541 U.S. 1085 (2004) (review of discharge regulations) Text
Friends of Wild Swan v. U.S. EPA, 74 F. App'x 718 (9th Cir. 2003) (review of state's TMDLs for water quality limited segments)
Akee v. Dow Chem. Co., 272 F.Supp. 2d 1112 (D.Haw. 2003) (FIFRA preemption) Text
City of Arcadia v. U.S. EPA, 265 F.Supp.2d 1142 (N.D. Cal. 2003) (approval of state-submitted TMDLs) Text
N. Plains Res. Council v. Fid. Exploration & Dev. Co., 325 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2003) (invalidating state created CWA permit exemption) Text
Nw. Envtl. Advocates v. U.S. EPA, 268 F.Supp.2d 1255 (D. Or. 2003) (review of water quality standards and antidegradation plan) Text
Center for Biological Diversity v. Norton, 240 F.Supp.2d 1090 (D. Ariz. 2003) (adequacy of critical habitat designation) Text
Hiebenthal v. Meduri Farms, No. 02-664-AS, 2002 WL 31971590 (D. Or. 2002) (CWA) Text | Summary
League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren, 309 F.3d 1181 (9th Cir. 2002) (citizen suit under NEPA and CWA) Text
Hiebenthal v. Meduri Farms, 242 F. Supp. 2d 885 (D. Or. 2002) (jurisdiction) Text | Summary
Idaho Watersheds Project v. Hahn, 307 F.3d 815 (9th Cir. 2002) (injunction requiring grazing permits to conform with NEPA) Text
Cmty. Ass'n for Restoration of Environ. v. Henry Bosma, 305 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 2002) (CWA, dairy) Text | Summary
United States v. New Portland Meadows, Inc., Civil No. 00-507-AS, 2002 WL 31180956 (D.Or. 2002) (discharge of pollutants from horse racetrack facility)
Ass'n to Protect Hammersley, Eld, & Totten Inlets v. Taylor Res., Inc., 299 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2002) (CWA challenge against shellfish producer) Text | Summary
San Francisco BayKeeper v. Whitman, 297 F.3d 877 (9th Cir. 2002) (review of state submitted TMDLs) Text
Wash. Toxics Coal. v. EPA, No. C01-132C, 2002 WL 34213031 (W.D. Wash. 2002) (ESA)
Pronsolino v. Nastri, 291 F.3d 1123 (9th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 539 U.S. 926 (2003) (TMDL authority) Text | Summary
Cal. Sportfishing Prot. Alliance v. Diablo Grande, Inc., 209 F.Supp.2d 1059 (E.D. Cal. 2002) (standing, navigable water, discharge) Text
Borden Ranch P'ship v. U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs, 261 F.3d 810 (9th Cir. 2001), aff'd by an equally divided court, 537 U.S. 99 (2002) (normal farming exemption to § 404, recapture provision) Text
Nathan Kimmel, Inc. v. DowElanco, 275 F.3d 1199 (9th Cir. 2002)(FIFRA preemption) Text
TENTH CIRCUIT
United States v. Questar Gas Mgmt., No. 2:09CV167DAK, 2010 WL 3952016 (D. Utah Oct. 8, 2010) (right to intervene in a Clean Air Act action commenced by the United States) Text
Oklahoma ex rel. Edmondson v. Tyson Foods, 619 F.3d 1223 (10th Cir. 2010) (denial of intervention by Indian tribe into CERCLA action for poultry waste disposal) Text
Wyoming State Snowmobile Ass'n v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv., No. 09-cv-00095, 2010 WL 3743933 (D. Wyo. Sept. 10, 2010) (challenge to revised designation of critical habitat for Canada lynx)
Forest Guardians v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv., 611 F.3d 692 (10th Cir. 2010) (Endangered Species Act) Text
WildEarth Guardians v. Nat'l Park Serv., 604 F.3d 1192 (10th Cir. 2010) (challenge to proposal to reduce elk populations) Text
San Juan Citizens Alliance v. Stiles, No. 08-cv-00144-RPM, 2010 WL 1780816 (D. Colo. May 03, 2010) (NEPA challenge) Text
Ctr. For Native Ecosystems v. Salazar, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 1961740 (D. Colo. 2010) (de-listing of an endangered species) Text
Colorado Wild v. Vilsack, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 1257988 (D. Colo. 2010) (NEPA action against proposed sale of timber in a nation forest) Text
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation, 601 F.3d 1096 (Tenth Circuit 2010) (challenge under the Endangered Species Act) Text
Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No. 05-CV-0329-GKF-PJC, 2010 WL 653032 (N.D. Okla. Feb. 17, 2010) (poultry litter litigation; litter not a nuisance per se)
Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 262 F.R.D. 617 (N.D. Okla. 2009) (poultry waste litigation; claim Cargill withheld evidence) Text
WildEarth Guardians v. Salazar, No. CV-09-00574-PHX-FJM, 2009 WL 4270039 (D. Ariz. Nov. 25, 2009) (listing of prairie dogs under ESA) Text
Wildearth Guardians v. U.S. Forest Serv., 668 F.Supp.2d 1314 (D.N.M. 2009) (violations of NEPA; opening federal lands to grazing) Text
Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No. 05-CV-329-GKF-PJC, 2009 WL 2252129 (N.D. Okla. July 24, 2009) (motion to strike certain expert witnesses in poultry litter litigation) Text
Oklahoma v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 258 F.R.D 472, (N.D. Okla. 2009) (dismissal of damages in claims of watershed contamination) Text | Summary
Greater Yellowstone Coal. v. Tidwell, 572 F.3d 1115 (10th Cir. 2009) (environmental analysis not required for elk program) Text
Attorney Gen. of Okla. v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 565 F.3d 769 (10th Cir. 2009) (upholding denial of injunction to stop application of poultry waste in watershed) Text
W. Org. of Res. Councils v. Bureau of Land Mgmt., 591 F.Supp.2d 1206 (D. Wyo. 2008) (BLM properly followed NEPA) Text
Chihuahuan Grasslands Alliance v. Kempthorne, No. 07-2183, 2008 WL 4542310 (10th Cir. 2008) (violations of NEPA in leasing federal lands) Text | Summary
Edmondson v. Tyson Foods, Inc., No. 05-CV-329-GKF-SAJ, 2008 WL 4453098 (N.D. Okla. Sept. 29, 2008) (denial of injunction to stop application of poultry litter) Text | Summary
Ctr. For Native Ecosystems v. Cables, 509 F.3d 1310 (10th Cir. 2007) (livestock grazing violations under ESA, CWA) Text
Oklahoma ex rel Edmondson v. Tyson Foods, Inc., 05-CV-329-GKF-SAJ, 2007 WL 4027646 (N.D. Okla. 2007). (poultry waste in Illinois River watershed; discovery order)
Kersenbrock v. Stoneman Cattle Co., LLC, 2007 WL 2219288 (D.Kan. 2007) (citizen suit under the CWA) Text | Summary
Karr v. Hefner, 475 F.3d 1192 (10th Cir. 2007) (diligent prosecution by EPA, adequacy of notice letter) Text
Or. Nat'l Res. Council v. Hallock, Civil No. 02-1650-CO, 2006 WL 1142223 (D.Or. 2006)(ESA, NPDES permit)
U.S. v. Hubenka, 438 F.3d 1026 (10th Cir. 2006) (tributary rule, dredge and fill by irrigation district) Text
Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. EPA, 415 F.3d 1121 (10th Cir. 2005) (review of state water quality standards) Text
Pound v. Airosol Co., 368 F.Supp. 2d 1161 (D.Kan. 2005) (CAA, citizen suit) Text
Sierra Club v. Seaboard Farms Inc., 387 F.3d 1167 (10th Cir. 2004) (definition of "facility" under CERCLA) Text | Summary
Pound v. Airosol Co., 316 F.Supp. 2d 1079 (D. Kan. 2004) (CAA, citizen suit) Text
Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys, 333 F.3d 1109 (10th Cir. 2003) (consequences of species designation)(vacated on procedural grounds by Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys, 355 F.3d 1215 (10th Cir. 2004)) Text
Swartz v. Beach, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1239 (D. Wyo. 2002) (CWA violations, takings issues) Text
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist. v. Norton, 294 F.3d 1220 (10th Cir. 2002) (challenge to species designation under ESA) (upholding Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist. v. Babbitt, 206 F.Supp.2d 1156 (D. N.M. 2000)) Text
Anderson v. Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C., 262 F.Supp.2d 1280 (W.D. Okla. 2003) (FIFRA preemption) Text
Sierra Club v. Seaboard Farms, Inc., 2002 WL 32443305 (W.D. Okla. 2002) (CERCLA) Summary
New Mexico Cattle Growers Ass'n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 248 F.3d 1277 (10th Cir. 2001) (challenge to critical habitat designation) Text
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Dist. v. Babbitt, 206 F.Supp.2d 1156 (D. N.M 2000)(challenge to species designation under ESA) Text
Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation v. Babbitt, 199 F.3d 1224 (10th Cir. 2000) (wolf reintroduction) Text
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Gates v. W.R. Grace & Co., No. 8:08-cv-2560-T-27TBM, 2009 WL 1455316 (M.D. Fla. May 21, 2009) (liability for contamination to neighbor's land by fertilizer plant) Text
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Fla. v. United States, 566 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2009) (challenging biological opinion done under the ESA) Text
Griffin Indus., Inc. v. Irvin, 496 F.3d 1189 (11th Cir. 2007) (civil rights suit; requiring two competitors to follow different regulations) Text
Sierra Club, Inc. v. Leavitt, 488 F.3d 904 (11th Cir. 2007) (state's impaired waters list) Text
Bayer CropScience, LP v. Booth, No. Civ.A. 7:04-CV-92, 2005 WL 2138759 (M.D. Ga. 2005) (FIFRA preemption)
Booth v. Bd. of Regents, No. Civ.A. 7:05-CV-34, 2005 WL 2099246 (M.D. Ga. 2005) (FIFRA preemption)
Sierra Club v. U.S. EPA, 377 F.Supp.2d 1205 (N.D. Fla. 2005) (EPA's review of state's NPDES authorization) Text
Fla. Pub. Interest Research Group Citizen Lobby, Inc. v. EPA, 386 F.3d 1070 (11th Cir. 2004) (review of state's impaired waters list) Text
Oken v. Monsanto Co., 371 F.3d 1312 (11th Cir. 2004) (FIFRA preemption) Text
Sierra Club v. Hankinson, 351 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir. 2003) (awarding attorney's fees for citizen suit) Text
Oken v. Monsanto Co., 218 F.Supp. 2d 1361 (S.D. Fla. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text
Fishermen Against Destruction v. Closter Farms, 300 F.3d 1294 (11th Cir.2002) (CWA) Text | Summary
Sierra Club v. Meiburg, 296 F.3d 1021 (11th Cir. 2002) (TMDL standards, abuse of court's discretion) Text
D.C. CIRCUIT
Reed v. Salazr, No. 08-2117 (CKK), 09-640 (CKK), 2010 WL 3853218 (D. D.C. Sept. 28, 2010) (order to set aside annual funding agreement for operation of bison range between Fish and Wildlife Service and Indian tribe) Text
Cloud Found. v. Salazar, No. 1:09-CV-1651, 2010 WL 3338546 (D. D.C. 2010) (challenge to federal removal of wild horses from horse range) Text
Sierra Club v. Van Antwerp, No. 07-1756(RCL), 2010 WL 3292182 (D. D.C. Aug. 20, 2010) (successful challenge against decision to allow filling of wetlands for shopping mall development) Text
Nat'l Ass'n of Home Builders v. E.P.A., No. 09-0548, 2010 WL 3245302 (D. D.C. Aug. 18, 2010) (EPA's designation of two Arizona rivers as "traditional navigable waters" under the Clean Water Act) Text
Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, No. 09-0236, 2010 WL 3238848 (D. D.C. Aug. 17, 2010) (federal government's revised critical habitat designations for piping plover) Text
Howmet Corp. v. E.P.A., 614 F.3d 544 (D.C. Cir. 2010) (manufacturer violated Resource Conservation and Recovery Act) Text
New Hope Power Co. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 2838538 (D. D.C. 2010) (prior converted croplands; renewable energy; jurisdiction on CWA) Text
In Defense of Animals v. Salazar, --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2010 WL 2076921 (D. D.C. 2010) (challenge under NEPA and the Wild Horse Act) Text
Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar, --- F.Supp.2d ---, 2010 WL 1140719 (D.D.C. 2010) (no NEPA violations in elk feeding rules) Text
Am. Soc'y for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals v. Feld Entertainment, Inc., --- F.Supp.2d ---, 2009 WL 5159752 (D.D.C. 2009) (standing; Endangered Species Act) Text
Friends of Animals v. Salazar, 670 F.Supp.2d 7 (D.D.C. 2009) (listing of animals as threatened or endangered under the ESA) Text
Natural Res. Def. Council v. EPA, 571 F.3d 1245 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (challenging change rules for NAAQS for ozone to eight hour standard) Text
Catawba County v. EPA, 571 F.3d 20 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (no violations in promulgation of NAAQS for fine particulate matter) Text
Friends of Animals v. Salazar, 572 F.3d 1115 (D.D.C. 2009) (standing under ESA; allowing for the breeding and hunting of endangered elk by private ranches) Text
Am. Farm Bureau Fed'n v. Envtl. Prot. Agency, 559 F.3d 512 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (review of NAAQS standards) Text | Summary
County of San Miguel v. Kempthorne, 587 F.Supp.2d 64 (D.D.C. 2008) (listing of Gunnison sage-grouse on Endangered Species List) Text | Summary
Otay Mesa Prop. L.P. v. U.S. Dep't of Interior, 584 F.Supp.2d 122 (D.D.C. 2008) (critical habitat designation) Text | Summary
Weaver's Cove Energy, LLC v. R.I. Dep't of Envtl. Mgmt., 524 F.3d 1330 (D.C. Cir. 2008) (lack of standing to challenge dredge and fill inaction by state) Text | Summary
Ass'n of Irritated Residents v. E.P.A., 494 F.3d 1027 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (review of EPA enforcement action) Text | Summary
Hawai"i Orchid Growers Ass'n v. Johanns, 249 Fed. Appx. 204 (D.C. Cir. 2007) (Imports threatening endangered species) Summary
Physicians Comm. for Responsible Medicine v. EPA, 451 F.Supp. 2d 223 (D.D.C. 2006) (EPA rulemaking) Text Summary
Friends of Earth, Inc. v. EPA, 446 F.3d 140 (D.C. Cir. 2006) (review of EPA approved TMDLs) Text | Summary
Natural Res. Def. Council v. Johnson, 422 F.Supp. 2d 105 (D.D.C. 2006) (EPA pesticide registration) Text
Beyond Pesticides v. Johnson, 407 F.Supp. 2d 38 (D.D.C. 2005) (EPA pesticide reregistration) Text | Summary
Gem County Mosquito Abatement Dist. v. EPA, 398 F.Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2005) (county gov. NPDES permit) Text
Bravos v. Green, 306 F.Supp.2d 48 (D.D.C. 2004) (review of state implementation TMDL plan) Text
Beyond Pesticides v. Whitman, 360 F.Supp. 2d 69 (D.D.C. 2004) (EPA registration) Text | Summary
Beyond Pesticides v. Whtiman, 294 F.Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2003) (EPA registration) Text
CropLife Am. v. EPA, 329 F.3d 876 (D.C. Cir. 2003) (EPA rulemaking) Text | Summary
Friends of Earth v. U.S. EPA, 333 F.3d 184 (D.C. Cir. 2003) (lack of subject matter jurisdiction to review TMDL) Text | Summary
San Juan Audubon Soc'y v. Wildlife Serv., 257 F.Supp. 2d 133 (D.D.C. 2003) (citizen suit standing) Text | Summary
Nw. Coal. for Alternatives to Pesticides v. EPA, 254 F.Supp. 2d 125 (D.D.C. 2003) (EPA and FOIA) Text | Summary
Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. Bosworth, 209 F.Supp.2d 156 (D.D.C. 2002) (failure to comply with NEPA when renewing grazing permits) Text | Summary
Am. Crop Protection Ass'n v. EPA, 182 F.Supp. 2d 89 (D.D.C. 2002) (non-testifying experts' opinions) Text | Summary
Cheminova A/S v. Griffin L.L.C., 182 F.Supp. 2d 68 (D.D.C. 2002) (FIFRA registration) Text | Summary
FEDERAL CIRCUIT
Blue Lake Forest Prods., Inc. v. United States, 86 Fed. Cl. 366 (Fed. Cl. 2009) (breach of timber sales contract because of environmental regulations) Summary
Brace v. United States, 72 Fed. Cl. 337 (Fed. Cl. 2006), aff'd, 250 F. App'x 359 (Fed. Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 1658 (2008) (CWA restoration plan was not a taking) Summary
Klamath Irrigation Dist. v. United States, 67 Fed. Cl. 504 (Fed. Cl. 2005) (consequences of species designation) Summary
Hansen v. United States, 65 Fed. Cl. 76 (Fed. Cl. 2005) (groundwater contamination)
Brace v. United States, 51 Fed. Cl. 649 (Fed. Cl. 2002) ("navigable waters", takings) Summary
Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage Dist. v. United States, 49 Fed. Cl. 313 (Fed. Cl. 2001) (consequences of species designation) Summary
INTERNATIONAL COURTS
Hoffman v. Monsanto Canada, Inc., 7 W.W.R. 665 (2005) (GMO effect on endangered or threatened species)
ALABAMA
Ala. Dep't of Envtl. Mgmt. v. Ala. Rivers Alliance, Inc., 14 So.3d 853 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007) (reversing approval of NPDES permit that would lead to violation of water quality standards) Text | Summary
Ala. Dep't of Envtl. Mgmt. v. Legal Envtl. Assistance Found., Inc., 922 So.2d 101 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005) (review of water quality antidegradation regulations) Text | Summary
Ex parte Legal Envtl. Assistance Found., Inc., 832 So.2d 61 (Ala. 2002) (review of antidegradation policy) Text | Summary
ARIZONA
Dillon v. Zeneca Corp., 42 P.3d 598 (Ariz. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
ARKANSAS
Harry Stephens Farms, Inc. v. Wormald Americas, Inc., Nos. 2:06CV00166 JMM, 2:07CV00278, 2007 WL 3217525 (E.D. Ark. Oct. 24, 2007) (farmland contamination suit time barred) Summary
McCorkle Farms, Inc. v. Thompson, 84 S.W.3d 884 (Ark. 2002) (pesticide drift) Text | Summary
CALIFORNIA
Sonoma County Water Coalition v. Sonoma County Water Agency, 116 Cal.Rptr.3d 616 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) (challenge to adequacy of county water agency's urban water management plan rejected) Text
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch v. California Dep't of Forestry and Fire Protection, 114 Cal.Rptr.3d 351 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010) (challenge to state approval of timber harvesting plans) Text
Madera Irrigation Dist. v. Madera City Bd. of Supervisors, No. F054218, 2009 WL 783022 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 26, 2009) (reversing decision to grant attorney's fees for violation of state environmental review statutes) Text | Summary
Ass'n of Irritated Residents v. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control Dist., 85 Cal.Rptr.3d 590(Cal. Ct. App. 2008) (force district to adopt CAA standards for CAFOs) Text
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. Cal. Dep't of Pesticide Regulation, 39 Cal. Rptr. 3d 393 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006) (state pesticide regulation) Text | Summary
Brazil v. Sara Lee Corp., No. D045925, 2006 WL 181597 (Cal. Ct. App. Jan. 26, 2006) (FIFRA preemption)
Californians for Alternatives to Toxics v. Dep't of Food & Agric., 38 Cal. Rptr. 3d 638 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005) (state pesticide regulation) Text | Summary
Cmtys. for a Better Env't v. State of Water Res. Control Bd., 109 Cal.App.4th 1089 (Cal. Ct. App. 2003) (water quality-based effluent limitations did not need to be numeric standards) Text | Summary
CONNECTICUT
Red 11, LLC v. Conservation Comm'n of Town of Fairfield, 980 A.2d 917 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009) (upholding order to prohibit agricultural activities impacting wetlands) Text
FLORIDA
Curd v. Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC, 993 So.2d 1078 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008) (damages caused by pesticide leaking into fishing grounds) Text | Summary
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Aquamar S.A., 881 So.2d 1 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2004) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. v. Desarrollo Indus., 857 So.2d 925 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2003) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
Castillo v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 854 So.2d 1264 (Fla. 2003) (pesticide drift) Text
IDAHO
Idaho Conservation League, Inc. v. Idaho State Dept. of Agriculture, 146 P.3d 632 (Idaho 2006) (disclosure of Nutrient Management Plans) Text | Summary
Asarco, Inc. v. State, 69 P.3d 139 (Idaho 2003) (invalidating state TMDLs) Text | Summary
ILLINOIS
Rochester Buckhart Action Group v. Young, 887 N.E.2d 49 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008) (definition of "new facility" under state law) Text | Summary
Valstad v. Cipriano, 828 N.E.2d 854 (Ill. Ct. App. 2005) (allowing state fees for NPDES permits) Text | Summary
Kleiss v. Bozdech, 811 N.E.2d 330 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004) (crop damage action) (pesticide drift) Text | Summary
Traube v. Freund, 775 N.E.2d 212 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
Diehl v. Polo Coop. Ass'n, 766 N.E.2d 317 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
INDIANA
Byrd v. E.B.B. Farms, 796 N.E.2d 747 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003) (pesticide drift) Text | Summary
IOWA
Sierra Club v. Wayne Weber, L.L.C., 689 N.W.2d 696 (Iowa 2004) (nuisance action) Text | Summary
Worth County Friends of Agric. v. Worth County, 688 N.W.2d 257 (Iowa, 2004) (home rule authority) Text | Summary
Gacke v. Pork Xtra, L.L.C., 684 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa 2004) (validity of right to farm law) Text | Summary
KANSAS
David v. Board of Com'rs of Norton County, 89 P.3d 893 (Kan. 2004) (county CAFO law challenged) Text | Summary
LOUISIANA
Lake Bistineau Preservation Soc'y, Inc. v. Seales, 922 So.2d 768 (La. Ct. App. 2006) Text | Summary
Roche v. Jefferson Davis Elec. Coop., 922 So.2d 759 (La. Ct. App. 2006) Text | Summary
Wood v. Becnel, 840 So.2d 1225 (La. Ct. App. 2003) Text | Summary
MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Barnstable v. Cape Wind Assoc., LLC, 27 Mass.L.Rptr. 111, 2010 WL 2436837 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2010) (challenge to a final environmental impact report concerning a wind farm)
MICHIGAN
Sierra Club Mackinac County v. Dep't of Envtl. Quality, 766 N.W.2d 857 (Mich. 2009) (upholding reversal of declaratory judgment for state CAFO program) Text
Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter v. Dep't of Envtl. Quality, 747 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 2008) (review of state general CAFO permit) Text | Summary
MINNESOTA
In re Dairy Dozen-Theif River Falls, LLP, Nos. A09-936, A09-1406, 2010 WL 2161781 (Minn. Ct. App. June 01, 2010) (timeliness of appeal for feedlot permit) Text
Wakefield Pork, Inc. v. Ram Mut. Ins. Co., 731 N.W.2d 154 (Minn. App. 2007) (odor within pollution exclusion) Text | Summary
Berne Area Alliance for Quality Living v. Dodge County Bd. of Com'rs, 694 N.W.2d 577 (Minn.App. 2005) (Environmental Impact Statement) Text | Summary
Anderson v. State, 693 N.W.2d 181 (Minn. 2005) (allowable state law claims) Text | Summary
Anderson v. State, 674 N.W.2d 748 (Minn. Ct. App. 2004) (pesticide drift) Text | Summary
Vasgaard v. Murray County Bd. of Com'rs, 2003 WL 21962493 (Minn. App. 2003) (challenge to denial of petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet) Summary
Wendinger v. Forst Farms, Inc., 662 N.W.2d 546 (Minn. App. 2003) (farming operation challenged) Text | Summary
Hentges v. Minn. Bd. of Water & Soil Res., 638 N.W.2d 441 (Minn. Ct. App. 2002) (denial of wetlands exemption) Text | Summary
MISSISSIPPI
Sierra Club v. Miss. Envtl. Quality Permit Bd., 943 So.2d 673 (Miss. 2006) (challenge to issuance of air pollution control permit) Text | Summary
MISSOURI
Mo. Soybean Ass'n v. Mo. Clean Water Comm'n, 102 S.W.3d 10 (Mo. 2003) (no subject-matter jurisdiction to review state list of rivers to be protected under CWA) Text | Summary
NEBRASKA
D B Feedyards, Inc. v. Envtl. Sci., Inc., 745 N.W.2d 593 (Neb. Ct. App. 2008) (breach of CWA consulting agreement) ;Text | Summary
Premium Farms v. County of Holt, 640 N.W.2d 633, (Neb. 2002) (county regulatory authority) Text | Summary
NEW JERSEY
In re Freshwater Wetlands Prot. Act Rules, 852 A.2d 167 (N.J. 2004) (allowing expansion of cranberry operations) Text | Summary
NEW MEXICO
The Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. N.M. Water Quality Control Comm'n, 94 P.3d 788 (N.M. Ct. App. 2004) (water quality standards for waters used for fisheries) Text | Summary
NEW YORK
Blue Lawn, Inc. v. County of Westchester, 293 A.D.2d 532 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002) (compliance with state environmental standards) Text | Summary
Nature's Trees, Inc. v. County of Suffolk, 293 A.D.2d 543 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002) (compliance with state environmental standards) Text | Summary
Nature's Trees, Inc. v. County of Nassau, 293 A.D.2d 544 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002) (compliance with state environmental standards) Text | Summary
N.Y. State Lawncare Ass'n v. County of Albany, 292 A.D.2d 719 (N.Y. App. Div. 2002) (compliance with state environmental standards) Text | Summary
NORTH CAROLINA
Dunn v. Cook, 693 S.E.2d 752 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010) (conservation easement) Text
OREGON
Bridgeview Vineyards, Inc. v. State Land Bd., 154 P.3d 734 (Or. Ct. App. 2007), review denied, 174 P.3d 1016 (Or. 2007) (state dredge and fill permit exemptions) Text | Summary
Hawes v. Oregon, 125 P.3d 778 (Or. Ct. App. 2005) (load limits for nonpoint source streams) Text | Summary
Owen v. Div. of State Lands, 76 P.3d 158 (Or. Ct. App. 2003) (farm road maintenance exempted from permit requirements) Text | Summary
SOUTH DAKOTA
In re Conditional Use Permit Denied to Meier, 645 N.W.2d 579 (S.D. 2002) (denial of farming permit) Text | Summary
TEXAS
Barrera v. Hondo Creek Cattle Co., 132 S.W.3d 544 (Tex. App. 2004) (right to farm) Text | Summary
Collins v. Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm'n, 94 S.W.3d 876 (Tex. App 2002) (permit to change waste management system challenged) Text | Summary
Am. Cyanamid Co. v. Geye, 79 S.W.3d 21 (Tex. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary
City of Waco v. Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm'n, 83 S.W.3d 169 (Tex. App. 2002) (regulation of CAFO permits) Text | Summary
VIRGINIA
Crutchfield v. State Water Control Bd., 612 S.E.2d 249 (Va. Ct. App. 2005) (farmers challenging approval of NPDES permit) Text
WASHINGTON
Cmty. Ass'n for Restoration of Env't v. Dep't of Ecology, 205 P.3d 950 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009) (state general discharge permit approval for animal operations) Text | Summary
Mendoza v. State, 135 Wash. App. 1026 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006) Text | Summary
Mauk v. South Columbia Basin Irrigation Dist., 116 Wash. App. 1076 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003) Summary
Hickle v. Whitney Farms, Inc., 64 P.3d 1244 (Wash. 2003). (hazardous waste on farmland) Text | Summary
Uselmann v. Clark County, 114 Wash. App. 1045, 2002 WL 31630855 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002) (upholding regulatory fee for storm water regulation) Summary
Eriksen v. Mobay Corp., 41 P.3d 488 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002) (FIFRA preemption) Text | Summary