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Cross-border pollution, which has plagued the region in and around the Tijuana River watershed in southern San Diego County since the 1930s, has been flaring…
In the long-running dispute over the waters of the Walker River, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently certified the following question of law to…
On June 25, 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court denied an appeal from Coors Brewing Co. and held that a water user may not obtain the…
On May 24, 2018, the State of Washington’s Supreme Court issued a decision narrowing the extent of “owner or operator” liability under the state’s Model…
On April 9, 2018, the Colorado Supreme Court upheld the Adams County District Court’s decision granting summary judgment against Front Range Resources, LLC (Front Range)…
In 2014, California passed Proposition 1, the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Act (Act), which authorized $7.545 billion in general obligation bonds to fund ecosystem…
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) decision to take a parcel of land into trust for a tribe…
The question this case posed for the First District Court of Appeal was whether the Federal Employment and Housing Act preempts a San Francisco ordinance…
Plaintiffs are environmental conservation groups that filed its action against the Federal Defendants Biological Opinion regarding salmonid species impacted the by Federal Columbia River Power…
Multiple suits alleging state common law claims against major oil and gas producers have been filed in state court in California in recent months. The…
