Your path: Home) Archive Page) Agencies) Agencies - State and Local) Rhode Island Kent County Water Authority April 2006: New England States Move toward Major Changes in Water Allocation Law and Regulation Rhode Island Coastal Resources Managment Council January 2010: First Circuit Rules on Liquified Natural Gas Project in Coastal Zone and Involving the Natural Gas Act, CZMA and CWA Dredge and Fill Permitting Weavers’s Cove Energy, LLC v. Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, ___F.3d___ 08-2440 (1st Cir. 2009) February 2009: Rhode Island Supreme Court Provides Advisory Opinion that Proposed Coastal Resources Management Council Is Partially Unconstitutional In Re: Request for Advisory Opinion from the House of Representatives (Coastal Resources Management Council) 2007-370-M.P. (R.I. Dec. 18, 2008) October 2001: United States Supreme Court: Landowners May Bring Inverse Condemnation Actions for Regulatory Takings when They Acquire Property after Imposition of Regulations Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, ___ U.S. ___, 121 S.Ct. 2448 (June 28, 2001) Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management March 2009: District Court Uses Doctrine of Issue Preclusion to Bar Parties’ Claim that State Emissions Regulation is Preempted by Federal Law Lincoln Dodge, Inc. v. Sullivan, ___ F.Supp.2d ___ 06-70T (D. R.I. 2008) April 2008: District Court Holds Plaintiff’s Nuisance Claim Does Not Violate the Burford and Primary Jurisdiction Doctrines Corvello v. New England Gas Company, ___F.Supp.2d___ 05-221T, 05-274T, 05-370T, 05-522T (D. R.I. Jan. 30, 2008) April 2006: Northeastern States Actively Pursue Claims for Damage to Water Resources February 2006: First Circuit Gives Deference to the Department of Labor in Retaliation Suits Brought under the Solid Waste Disposal Act Taylor v. U.S. Department of Labor, State of Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, ___F.3d___ 05-1153, 05-1154 (1st Cir. Dec. 12, 2005) July 2003: Rhode Island District Court Considers Constitutional Challenge to Warrantless Searches for Illegal Dumping Vinagro v. Jan H. Reitsman, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, et al ___ F.Supp.2d ___, Case No. C.A. 02-121-L (D. R.I. May 6, 2003). August 2002: Rhode Island Supreme Court Denies Relief to Employees Claiming "Whistleblower" Status for Reporting Hazardous Waste Violations Belanger v. A&F Plating Company, Inc. Case No.98-2339 (R.I., June 7,2002). Rhode Island Division of Harbors and Rivers October 2001: United States Supreme Court: Landowners May Bring Inverse Condemnation Actions for Regulatory Takings when They Acquire Property after Imposition of Regulations Palazzolo v. Rhode Island, ___ U.S. ___, 121 S.Ct. 2448 (June 28, 2001)

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