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253 Cases found

Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Kern

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 01/10/2020 ]
Description: Challenges to approvals of a project in California that would include 12,000 dwelling units, up to 5.1 million square feet of commercial land uses, and a development footprint of 4,643 acres.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Lake

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Request for dismissal of appeal filed by California Attorney General. [ 01/11/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for the Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Planned Development Project.
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Kaupiko v. Department of Land & Natural Resources

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Haw. Cir. Ct.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted. [ 11/27/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that licenses for commercial aquarium fishing could not be granted without environmental review.
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Newberry Community Services District v. County of San Bernardino

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 01/09/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to authorizations for a solar power generating facility across 3,500 acres in California.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion for leave to intervene filed by People of the State of California ex rel. Xavier Becerra. [ 03/17/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review for the Otay Ranch Resort Village 13 project in San Diego County, California.
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South Coast Air Quality Management District v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion to intervene filed by California Air Resources Board and People of the State of California ex rel. Attorney General Xavier Becerra. [ 11/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to California Environmental Quality Act review for shipping terminal project at Port of Los Angeles.
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In re Enbridge Energy, LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: Petition for review of Court of Appeals decision filed by Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians et al. [ 07/14/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission authorization of Line 3 pipeline project.
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Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Wis. Cir. Ct.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by Clean Wisconsin and Sierra Club. [ 06/30/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s decision approving a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for a proposed 625-megawatt natural gas-powered generating facility.
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California Chaparral Institute v. Board of Forestry & Fire Protection

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 01/28/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to California Vegetation Treatment Program, a component of California's plan to reduce wildfire risk.
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Save the Pine Bush, Inc. v. Town of Guilderland

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. App. Div.
Status: Dismissal affirmed. [ 05/05/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review of a plan to develop commercial space (including a Costco) and apartments.
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Sierra Club v. California Department of Water Resources

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 04/29/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the approval of the Long-Term Operation of the State Water Project.
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In re Determination of the Need for an Environmental Impact Statement for the Mankato Motorsports Park

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: City's negative EIS declaration reversed and remanded. [ 04/26/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to a city's determination that a proposed motorsports park did not require an environmental impact statement.
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AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/11/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review and approval of a 2019-2024 water transfer program for the sale of water by sellers upstream of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to buyers south of the Delta.
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San Francisco Taxi Coalition v. City & County of San Francisco

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: District court’s judgment on the pleadings in favor of defendants affirmed. [ 11/09/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to limitations on taxi airport pickups.
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The Two Hundred v. Governor’s Office of Planning & Research

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction filed by petitioners. [ 06/02/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to new California Environmental Quality Act regulations.
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McCann v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment reversed with directions to the trial court to enter a new judgment granting the petition as to the second cause of action. [ 10/08/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for project to convert overhead utility wires to an underground system.
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Friends of Flint Mine Solar v. Town Board of Coxsackie

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Court granted defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint. [ 09/13/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to town zoning ordinance that restricted locations for utility-scale solar collection systems.
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Davisson Enterprises, Inc. v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 08/30/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to a mixed-use development on 93.4 acres for failure to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act and land use and planning requirements.
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In re Proposed Expansion of Daley Farms of Lewiston LLP et al.

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: Reversed and remanded. [ 10/14/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to decisions by Minnesota Pollution Control Agency denial of requests for a contested-case hearing on a NPDES feedlot permit and for an environmental impact statement for expansion of dairy.
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Gameros v. City of San Diego

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Enforcement of ordinance stayed pending the preparation of an environmental impact report under the California Environmental Quality Act. [ 12/12/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to City of San Diego's ordinance banning distribution of polystyrene foam food containers.
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