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California Court of Appeal Holds Claim Time Barred under Planning and Zoning Law Despite Planning Commission’s Failure to Make Decision

The California Court of Appeal for the Second Judicial District has held that appellant’s claim was barred by the 90-day statute of limitations set forth…

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Ninth Circuit Upholds City of Santa Monica’s Strict Homesharing Rules Against Challenge by Transient Online Housing Organizations

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a District Court decision that denied popular online home-rental platforms AirBnB and HomeAway.com’s challenge to an ordinance passed…

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2019 Annual Report of California’s Cap-and-Trade Program Expenditures

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) was created by the California Legislature in 2012 to facilitate the achievement of reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions…

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Congestion Pricing May Change the Way the United States Thinks About Land Use Transportation Impacts

America’s two largest cities are on the road to implementing congestion pricing, which would charge drivers a fee to enter certain areas in an effort…

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U.S. District Court Rules EPA Acted Arbitrarily and Capriciously In Refusing to Regulate Certain Stormwater Discharges

The U.S. District Court for Maryland recently granted summary judgment against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for acting arbitrarily and capriciously when it refused…

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Seventh Circuit Joins Other Circuits in Holding RCRA Does Not Require Showing of Imminent Harm to Obtain Injunctive Relief

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin applied traditional standards for obtaining injunctive relief in granting summary judgment to a defendant accused…

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Supreme Court Addresses Federally Reserved Water Rights, National Alaska Lands Act and Scope of Park Service’s Authority over the Nation River

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the National Park Service (Park Service) may not apply a regulation banning hovercraft use on navigable waters within…

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U.S. District Court Dismisses Youth Climate Change Action Against the United States

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a climate change lawsuit against the United States, the President, the Secretaries and Departments…

Read More 2019-04-07

Utah Court Supreme Court Remands Stream Access Case to District Court Due to Error

The Utah Supreme Court has held that its prior decision, recognizing a public stream access easement right “to touch privately owned beds of state waters…

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Colorado Supreme Court Clarifies Water Court Jurisdiction

The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that an inverse condemnation claim regarding shares in a mutual ditch company was not an exclusive water matter, and…

Read More 2019-04-07