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Category "California Land Use Law & Policy"

U.S. Supreme Court Finds FOIA’s Deliberative Process Exemption Protected Draft Biological Opinions from Public Disclosure

U.S. Supreme Court Finds FOIA’s Deliberative Process Exemption Protected Draft Biological Opinions from Public Disclosure

By James Purvis The Sierra Club brought a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) action against the [...]

California Court of Appeal Upholds Adoption of Voter Initiative, Finding the Initiative Did Not Require a Two-Thirds Majority to Pass

California Court of Appeal Upholds Adoption of Voter Initiative, Finding the Initiative Did Not Require a Two-Thirds Majority to Pass

By James Purvis Plaintiffs sued to invalidate “Proposition C,” an initiative entitled “Universal Childcare for San [...]

D.C. Circuit Vacates Federal Easement Awarded to Dakota Access Pipeline, Finding U.S. Army Corps Violated NEPA By Failing to Prepare an EIS

D.C. Circuit Vacates Federal Easement Awarded to Dakota Access Pipeline, Finding U.S. Army Corps Violated NEPA By Failing to Prepare an EIS

By Bridget McDonald In Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, the [...]

Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Agencies Violated National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act in Approving Offshore Oil Facility

Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Agencies Violated National Environmental Policy Act and Endangered Species Act in Approving Offshore Oil Facility

By James Purvis Various conservation groups brought suit challenging the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau [...]