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On February 14, 2020, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the government of Guam was unable to recover money from the U.S. Navy…
A local interest group brought suit challenging the City of San Diego’s (City) issuance of a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) allowing the City to convert…
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims dismissed U.S. Constitutional Fifth Amendment takings claims related to “Hurricane Harvey” for failure to state a claim upon which…
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recently found that the government’s actions relating to the Addicks and Barker Dams (Dams) and the accompanying flooding of…
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled on petition from the State of Washington’s water resource agency, the Department of Ecology (Ecology), granting discretionary review of…
On December 2, 2019, several environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the Biological Opinions…
California's Fourth District Court of Appeal has upheld the City of San Diego’s (City) determination that the infill development exemption applied to a proposed development…
Appellant landowners filed a motion seeking to clarify that an amended judgment would protect their overlying water rights from future prescription by other water users.…
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ruled that the Trump administration’s reallocation of military construction funds to build a “border…
The Tenth Circuit has held that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) impermissibly exceeded its statutory authority in approving extensions to the small refinery exemptions…
