Landlord May Claim Temporary Injury and Cognizable Damages while Vacating Lessee Undergoes State-Mandated Environmental Investigation August 2005

D.C. District Court Dismisses Inverse Condemnation Action because of CERCLA Jurisdictional Bar April 2003

Sixth Appellate District Issues New Flood Case Decision That May Change Standards of Liability August 2002

Second District Court Finds Homeowners Association Must Impose Special Emergency Assessment to Pay Civil Judgment April 2005

Eleventh Circuit Reverses/Remands District Court Order—Finds Insurance Company Not Responsible for Providing Defense to Engineering Firm Due to Pollution Exclusion Clause October 2008

California Court of Appeal Affirms Air District Is Immune from Liability for Miscalculating Amount of Farm’s Emission Reduction Credits August 2003

Fourth District Finds Reduction in City Building Fees Reasonable and Supported by Substantial Evidence August 2006

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Prevailing Non-Profit Real Party in Interest in CEQA Case Has Too Great a Personal Stake in Litigation Outcome to Qualify for CCP § 1021.5 Attorneys' Fee Award July 2001

Sixth Appellate District Issues New Flood Case Decision That May Change Standards of Liability August 2002

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide whether Federal Claims Lacked Jurisdiction over Takings Claim Arising from Superfund Cleanup July 2007

U.S. High Court Finds Petitioner’s Section 2501 Claim Subject to Jurisdictional, Non-Waivable Six-Year Filing Requirement March 2008

Fourth District Holds that Courts Cannot Review SWRCB’s Decision to Decline Review of Regional Board Orders January 2005

First District Court Finds San Francisco’s “Belief Requirement” in Its Municipal Eviction Ordinance Is Impliedly Preempted by the Ellis Act May 2006

California Court of Appeal Reinstates Private Party Contribution Claims under the California Superfund Statute April 2005

Court of Appeal: Open Space District which Made a Conveyance of Open Space Lands under the Spectre of Eminent Domain Does Not Require Voter or Legislative Approval October 2002

New York Appellate Division Remands Case Because It Found Purchase Agreements for Contiguous Parcels Were Ambiguous as to Boundaries and Hydro-Electric Easement April 2009

Third Circuit Broadly Interprets the Term "Release" in Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act August 2002

Minnesota District Court Finds Response Action by Private Party Not a “Removal” Pursuant to CERCLA. September 2004

First District Finds Abuse of Discretion, Violations of CEQA in Agency’s Approval of Timber Harvest Plan Modified During Public Comment Period November 2006

The Price of Precedent—Idaho Ranchers Assessed $1.5 Million in Fight with BLM over Stockwater Rights on Federal Lands February 2008

Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Continuing Nuisance Claim as Barred by Statute of Limitations April 2004