The Oyez Project: Economic Activity Issues - Natural Resources Decisions

Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 10 Jan 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conserv. v. EPA - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Under the Clean Air Act, does the Environmental Protection Agency have the authority to overrule a state agency's decision that a company is using the "best available controlling technology" to prevent pollution?

Amoco Production Co. v. Gambell - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Mar 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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Amoco Production Company v. Southern Ute Indian Tribe - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the reservation of coal under the land patents issued pursuant to the Coal Lands Acts of 1909 and 1910 include the coal-bed methane gas found within the coal formation?

Andrus v. Charlestone Stone Products Co. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 31 May 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Arkansas v. Oklahoma - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 26 Feb 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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Babbitt, Secretary Of Interior v. Sweet Home Chapter Of Communities For A Great Oregon - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 29 Jun 1995 12:00:00 -0500

Does the definition of "harm" as an expansion of the word "take" in the Endangered Species Act include habitat modification that kills or injures wildlife?

Bedroc Limited v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the reservation to the United States of all "coal and other valuable minerals" in patents issued under the Pittman Act (1919) include commercially valuable sand and gravel?

Borden Ranch v. United States Army Corps of Engineers - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does deep plowing ranchland to plant deep-rooted crops constitute the "addition" of a "pollutant" from a "point source" so as to fall within the regulation of the Clean Water Act? Is deep plowing ranchland which is farmable in its natural state to plant deep-rooted crops statutorily exempt from regulation under the Act's exemption for any discharge from "normal farming...activities such as plowing?" Does the Act's civil penalty section authorize assessing the maximum daily penalty for each time a plow crosses a seasonal drainage feature, without regard to the number of days when such activity occurred?

California Coastal Comm'n v. Granite Rock Co. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Mar 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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California v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 Jul 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Cappaert v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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City Of Chicago v. Environmental Defense Fund - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 02 May 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) require that a party liable for pollution be sued under CERCLA before seeking clean up funds from other liable parties?

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Should the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, knowing that its passage of certain regulations would cause Congress and the President to lift a ban on Mexican motor carriers, have considered the environmental impact of the motor carriers when determining whether to perform an Environmental Impact Study of its regulations?

E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Train - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Epa v. National Crushed Stone Assn. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Dec 1980 12:00:00 -0500

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Flint Ridge Dev. Co. v. Scenic Rivers Assn. - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Gade, Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency v. National Solid Wastes Management Association - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 18 Jun 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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Gwaltney v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Dec 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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Hallstrom v. Tillamook County - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Nov 1989 12:00:00 -0500

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Key Tronic Corp. v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Jun 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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Kleppe v. New Mexico - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 17 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Kleppe v. Sierra Club - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 28 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Metropolitan Edison v. People Vs. Nuclear Energy - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Milwaukee v. Illinois - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Apr 1981 12:00:00 -0500

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Nevada v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 24 Jun 1983 12:00:00 -0500

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Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does section 706 (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act authorize federal courts to review the management of public lands under statutory standards and the land use plans of the Bureau of Land Management?

Orff v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 waive the United States' sovereign immunity from breach of contract suits?

Philadelphia v. New Jersey - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 1977 12:00:00 -0500

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Public Lands Council v. Babbitt - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Do the Secretary of the Interior's amendments governing grazing preferences, permit issuance, and ownership of range improvements to the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 exceed the authority that this statute grants the Secretary and violate the Act?

PUD No. 1 Of Jefferson County v. Washington Department Of Ecology - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 31 May 1994 12:00:00 -0500

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Rapanos v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Does the phrase "waters of the United States" in the Clean Water Act include a wetland that at least occasionally empties into a tributary of a traditionally navigable water?

Robertson, Chief, United States Forest Service v. Seattle Audubon Society - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Mar 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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S.D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Do hydroelectric dams result in "discharge" under the meaning of Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act?

Secretary Of Interior v. California - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 11 Jan 1984 12:00:00 -0500

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Solid Waste Agency v. Army Corps of Engineers - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

May the provisions of the Clean Water Act be extended to intrastate waters? Does Congress have the authority under the Commerce Clause to exercise such power?

South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does pumping water into a water conservation area - where the water being pumped contains a pollutant but the pumping station itself adds no pollutants to the water - violate the Clean Water Act's prohibition of adding pollutants from a point source?

Train v. Colorado Pub. Int. Research Group - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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Tva v. Hill - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 15 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Union Electric Co. v. Epa - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 25 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. New Mexico - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 Jul 1978 12:00:00 -0500

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Whitman v. American Trucking Associations - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act unconstitutionally delegate legislative power to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency? May the Administrator of the EPA consider the costs of implementation in setting national ambient air quality standards under section 109(b)(1)? Does the Court of Appeals have the jurisdiction to review the EPA's interpretation of Part D of Title I of the CAA, with respect to implementing the revised ozone NAAQS?