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Third District Court Finds Specificity in Indenture Prevents Owners of Dominant Estate from Erecting Gates across Easement April 2005

Colorado Water Court Rules Produced Water from Coalbed Methane Extraction Subject to Prior Appropriation Doctrine and State Administration August 2007

Colorado Supreme Court Rules that Coalbed Methane Wells Must Have Water Well Permits June 2009

News from the West June 2009

Processing of a Parcel Map 30 Years Earlier, to Subdivide and Sell Property to Adjoining Landowners, Did Not Create a Merger of Adjoining Landowners’ Parcels February 2004

Court of Appeal Rejects Award of Attorney Fees to CEQA Plaintiff When Underlying Cause of Action Did Not Result in Enforcement of an Important Public Right January 2003

District Court Finds a Party May Seek Indemnification from Other PRPs Pursuant to CERCLA § 107(a) if § 113(f) Recovery Is Unavailable October 2005

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Requirement of “Best Available Control Measures” and Extension of “Attainment Date” Under the Clean Air Act June 2004

Seventh Circuit Holds Village’s Nuisance Action Not Preempted by CERCLA’s § 113(h), But Preempted by Illinois State Law October 2008

District Court Holds Defendants Not Liable for Violation of a Recently-Enacted Municipal Hazardous Substances Ordinance October 2009

Sixth Circuit Vacates District Court Rejection of Monitoring and Evaluation Recovery Cost Claims under CERCLA January 2005

New Mexico Court of Appeals Addresses Contract Water Issues: Laches Precludes Use of Technical Non-Compliance With Water Law to Void Decades Old Municipal Water Contracts February 2003

California Supreme Court to Review Two Decisions Regarding Inter-Agency Jurisdiction over Timber Harvesting Operations August 2004

Rhode Island District Court Considers Constitutional Challenge to Warrantless Searches for Illegal Dumping July 2003

Texas District Court Holds Manufacturer’s Written Directions Sufficient Nexus to Allege Arranger Liability June 2005

Second District Court Applies Vineyard Principles for the First Time in Approving County’s Water Supply Analysis November 2007

California Supreme Court Imposes Significant New Requirements for Analysis of Water Supplies for Land Use Plans under CEQA April 2007

California Supreme Court Rejects Rancho Cordova EIR’s Water Supply Analysis March 2007

The Water Supply-Land Use Waltz Plays On: The California Supreme Court’s Decision in Vineyard Area Citizens for Responsible Growth v. City of Rancho Cordova March 2007

Got Water?—California Supreme Court Clarifies CEQA Requirements for Analysis of Water Supplies March 2007

News from the West March 2007

Sacramento County Rewarded for Comprehensive Water Supply Planning for Future Growth June 2005

Third District Court Rules ‘Identified,’ Though Not Yet Developed, Water Supply May Satisfy CEQA May 2005

The Nation’s Water Wars Head East February 2004

Citizens’ Petition to Compel City to Process Coastal Development Permit Is Not a SLAPP Suit despite Pending Appeal of State-Adopted Local Coastal Plan March 2005

California Court of Appeal Finds Portions of Garden Grove’s CyberCafe Ordinance Violate Free Speech First Amendment Rights March 2004

News from the West March 2008

Sixth District Court Upholds State Water Resources Control Board’s Issuance of NPDES Permit for Cooling Water Intake Structure February 2008

Colorado Supreme Court Expands on What Qualifies as “Overt Acts” Furthering Appropriations of Conditional Water Rights August 2003