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By James Purvis A developer brought an action against the City of Oakland (City) alleging various causes of action. The City filed a demurrer, a…
By Geremy Holm and Steve Anderson On September 15, 2020, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rulemaking)…
By Christina Berglund In Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior the Ninth Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court’s summary judgment in…
By Christina J. Bruff On September 29, 2020, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the question whether the U.S. District Court in New Mexico…
By James Purvis The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule removing the grizzly bear population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem from…
By Brian Hamilton and Merdith Nikkel On September 11, 2020, Congressman John Garamendi introduced a bill to amend the 2014 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation…
By Robbie Hull, Scott Birkey, and Clark Morrison One of the stated legislative policies underlying the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is to: . .…
By Melissa Jo Townsend, Rebecca Andrews The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently reversed and remanded a U.S. Army Corps of…
By James Purvis Owners of property in a residential subdivision brought an inverse condemnation claim against Placer County (County) and filed petitions for writ of…
By Derek R. Hoffman In a years-long dispute over water allocations among irrigation district water users in the Imperial Valley, the California Fourth District Court…
