Cases

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 21-119 (RDM) v. MICHAEL S. REGAN, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, the

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 21-119 (RDM) v. MICHAEL S. REGAN, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, the

Filed 6/26/25 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION * IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL B330610 DIVERSITY et al., (Los Angeles County Plaintiffs and Appellants, Super. Ct. No. 19STCP02100) v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Respondents; CENTENNIAL FOU

Filed 12/2/14; pub. order 12/30/14 (see end. of opn.) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF A138914 FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION et al., (Mendocino County

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT . WILLIAM B. SHUBB, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity and Earth Island Institute brought this action against defendants Dean Gould, the Sierra National Forest Supervisor, and the United States Forest Service (“Forest Service”), alleging that defendants violated the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) a

CHIN, J., Dissenting.—I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeal. Its opinion, authored by Presiding Justice Turner, and joined by Justices Mosk and Kriegler, contains an extraordinarily thorough and careful review of the issues and reaches the correct result. The majority decides three issues under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA; Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et se

*131Opinion RICHMAN, J. Last year, this court determined that Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 (section 1021.5) would not support an award of attorney fees for a remand to an administrative agency to reconsider a previously decided matter, when the remand was for a perceived procedural defect and resulted in no demonstrable substantive change in the

ORDER RE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT Re: ECF Nos. 54, 57, 59 JON S. TIGAR, United States District Judge Before the Court are Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 54, Federal Defendants’ Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 57, and Defendant Intervenors’ Cross Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 59. For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Defendants’ and Intervenors’

Opinion SIMONS, J. In Environmental Protection Information Center v. California Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection (2008) 44 Cal.4th 459 [80 Cal.Rptr.3d 28, 187 P.3d 888] (EPIC II), the California Supreme Court resolved the merits of a long-running legal dispute surrounding the logging of 211,000 acres of timberland owned by Pacific Lumber Company (Pacific Lumber) in Humboldt County.

Filed 3/20/14 CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION FIVE CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL B245131 DIVERSITY et al., (Super. Ct. No. BS131347) Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE,

(2007) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Dr. William BRENNAN, et al., Defendants. No. C 06-7062 SBA. United States District Court, N.D. California, Oakland Division. August 21, 2007. ORDER SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG, District Judge. Before the Court is the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment [Docket No. 7]; the defendan

OPINION PRATT, District Judge: This case concerns Defendant-Appellee U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“FWS”) decision to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) with several non-federal entities who were subject to a Nevada State Order mandating a groundwater pump test. FWS anticipated that the pump test may affect an endangered species, the Moa

166 Cal.App.4th 1349 (2008) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. FPL GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants and Respondents. No. A116362. Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three. September 18, 2008. *1353 Richard R. Wiebefor Plaintiffs and Appellants. James P. Wheaton

623 F.Supp.2d 1044 (2009) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Los Padres ForestWatch, Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife and California Native Plant Society, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Forest Service, Defendants. No. C 08-01278 MHP. United States District Court, N.D. California.

632 F.Supp.2d 968 (2009) CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. No. C 08-1927 CW. United States District Court, N.D. California. June 30, 2009. *969 Peter M.K. Frost, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, Marc D. Fink, Center for Biological Diversity, Dulut

481 F.Supp.2d 1059 (2007) CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants, and American Forest & Paper Assn., et al., Defendants — Intervenors. Defenders of Wildlife, et al., Plaintiffs, and People of the State of California, Plaintiff — Intervenor, v. Mike Johanns, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, in his official capacity, et al., Defendants, and Am

389 F.Supp.2d 1174 (2004) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INFORMATION CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Jack BLACKWELL, et al., Defendants. No. C-03-4396 EMC. United States District Court, N.D. California. October 13, 2004. *1175 *1176 *1177 *117

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 25-2453 v. Judge Beryl A. Howell U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs, th

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES, Plaintiff, ) ) ) ) ) v. ) Civil Case No. 13-966 (RJL) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT ) OF HOUSING AND URBAN ) DEVELOPMENT, et al., ) ) ) Defendants, MEMORANDUM OPINION September 2023) [Dkt. ## 60, 64] The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has promulgated a Rule that creates a legal framework for establishing disparate-impact claims under the Fair Housing Act. That Disp

488 F.3d 1088 SAFE AIR FOR EVERYONE; American Lung Association of Idaho; Noël Sturgeon, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Elin D. Miller,* Regional Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region X, Respondents,State of Idaho, Intervenor.