Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 04/03/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the approval of a General Plan Revision for Red Rock Canyon State Park that petitioner said would authorize non-street legal, off-highway vehicle (OHV) use of two roads and OHV access to a campground in the park.
Description: Lawsuit brought by a developer of an interstate carbon dioxide pipeline and a farmer and part-owner of an ethanol production facility to challenge a county ordinance concerning pipeline permitting and safety.
Description: Challenge to denial of proposal for a residential project at a 54.26-acre site that included 28 single-family house lots and 14 affordable townhouses and was largest residential development considered by the Martha's Vineyard Commission in a decade.
Description: Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval of the Calumet Harbor Dredged Material Disposal Facility, which would enable continued disposal of dredged materials from Chicago Area Waterway System.
Status: Oregon Water Resources Department’s order affirmed. [ 03/01/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to Oregon Water Resources Department's orders allowing extensions of time for three municipal parties to perfect water rights for diversion of water from the Clackamas River.
Status: Public Service Commission approval of settlement agreement affirmed. [ 03/23/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the Michigan Public Service Commission's approval of a settlement agreement for a utility’s integrated resource plan that required retirement of a coal-fired electricity-generating facility in 2025 rather than 2039.
Status: Concurring opinion issued in affirmance of decision rejecting power purchase agreement for biomass facility to supply energy to Hawai'i Island. [ 03/13/2023 ]
Description: Biomass power plant developer's challenge to Hawai'i Public Utilities Commission's denial of approval to supply energy to Hawaiʻi Island.
Status: Dismissal of petition reversed. [ 03/07/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the New York State Public Service Commission's decision to authorize a Canadian cryptocurrency company’s acquisition of ownership interests in a company that owns and operates a natural gas plant in North Tonawanda.
Description: Challenge to Minnesota's adoption of the Clean Car Rule, which incorporated by reference certain California motor-vehicle emission standards.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part. [ 01/10/2024 ]
Description: Greenwashing class action lawsuit alleging that manufacturer and seller of Evian Natural Spring Water bottled water made false and misleading representations that the product was “carbon neutral.”
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted and defendants' motion for summary judgment denied. [ 12/04/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to an Iowa county's ordinance establishing setback and other requirements for hazardous materials pipelines, including carbon dioxide pipelines.