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By Boyd Hill California’s Second District Court of Appeal in Kracke v. City of Santa Barbara affirmed the injunction against enforcement of a City of…
By James Purvis The Center for Biological Diversity brought an action challenging a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or Service) to…
By Wesley A. Miliband and Kristopher T. Strouse Recently, Marin Municipal Water District (District) has been discussing the idea of enacting a moratorium on new…
By Gabriel J. Pitassi, Derek R. Hoffman Severe Drought conditions have emerged again in California after back-to-back dry years, below‑average snowpack, and warm temperatures. Governor…
By James Purvis The California State Lands Commission prepared a supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR), as a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) responsible agency, to…
By Bridget McDonald In a sweeping 110-page opinion, U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter for the Central District of California granted a preliminary injunction…
By Miles Krieger, Geremy Holm and Steve Anderson A group of groundwater pumpers, including the local public water provider, Borrego Water District (BWD), entered into…
By Miles Krieger and Steven Anderson In April 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a U.S. District Court ruling dismissing a breach of…
By Allison Smith The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted in part, denied in part, and dismissed in part a petition challenging the Federal…
By Megan Unger and Darrin Gambelin In City of New York v. Chevron Corporation, the city brought state-law tort claims against Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corporation,…
