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The Maya Leaders Alliance v. The Attorney General of Belize [2015] CCJ 15 (October 30, 2015) Caribbean Court of Justice In 2013, the Court of Appeal of Belize declared that Maya customary land tenure exists in all of the Maya…
Chevron Corp. v. Yaiguaje [2015] SCC 42 (September 4, 2015) Supreme Court of Canada Ecuadorian citizens who obtained a multi-billion dollar judgment against Chevron Corporation (Chevron) for extensive environmental pollution caused by oil operations in Ecuador brought an action to…
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, Inc. v. Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines), G.R. Nos. 209271, 209276, 209301 & 209430 (December 8, 2015) Supreme Court of the Philippines The Supreme Court of the Philippines upheld a lower court decision…
Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines) v. Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, CA-G.R. SP NO. 00013 (May 17, 2013) Court of Appeals The petitioners alleged that government ministries failed to adopt sufficient biosafety protocols for field trials…
Fish Legal v. Information Commissioner, Case C‑279/12 (December 19, 2013) ECLI:EU:C:2013:853 Court of Justice for the European Union A conservation organization and a citizen submitted requests to two private water companies seeking information concerning pollution discharges, clean-up operations, and sewerage…
Advocates for Natural Resource Governance & Development v. Attorney General, Const. Petition No. 40 of 2013 (November 8, 2013) Constitutional Court of Uganda The petitioners challenged the compulsory acquisition of land for the purpose of constructing a road to facilitate…
Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening) (March 31, 2014) International Court of Justice Australia, with New Zealand intervening as a non-party, asked the ICJ to adjudge and declare Japan in violation of its obligations under the International…
Yount v. Salazar, Case No. CV11-8171 PCT-DGC (D. Ariz. 2014) U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior exercised discretion to “withdraw” almost one million acres of land surrounding the Grand…
Warkworth Mining Ltd. v. Bulga Milbrodale Progress Ass’n Inc. [2014] NSWCA 105 New South Wales Court of Appeal A mining company applied to expand an existing open-cut coal mine, the Warkworth Mine, located in the Hunter Valley of the state of New South Wales. The company sought to…
United States v. Town of Dryden (In re Wallach), 2014 NY Slip Op 4875 (N.Y. 2014) New York State Court of Appeals The towns of Dryden and Middlefield in the state of New York each have local zoning ordinances that…
