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San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper v. Formosa Plastics Corp., No. 6:17-cv-0047 (S. D. Tex. -- Victoria) (Final Consent Decree entered Nov. 27, 2019)

San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper and S. Diane Wilson, Plaintiffs v. Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, et al., No. 6:17-cv-0047 (S.D. Tex. -- Victoria)
Memorandum and Order on Liability entered June 27, 2019; Final Consent Decree entered Nov. 27, 2019.

Evidence, Control, Cleanup, Remediation, Mitigation Case

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United States v. Washington, 853 F.3d 946 (9th Cir. 2017)

Invoking the continuing jurisdiction of the federal district court that determined the portion of annually harvestable fish guaranteed to several indigenous peoples (“Tribes”) by essentially identical treaty clauses guaranteeing off-reservation fishing rights, several Tribes and the U.S.

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Castle Mountain Coalition v. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Case No. 3:15-cv-00043-SLG (D. Alaska 2016)

In Castle Mountain Coalition v. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, several non-profit organizations and the governing body of a federally-recognized Native Village challenged a federal agency’s determination that a state may interpret the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) to require an administrative proceeding be initiated in order to terminate a coal mining permit (rather than automatic termination) when the permit holder fails to commence mining operations within three years of the permit issuance.

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Sierra Club v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, No. 18-1082 (4th Cir. 2018)

Sierra Club v. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, ___ F.3d ___ (4th Cir., August 6, 2018)(No. 18-1082, consolidated with No. 18-1083)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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