This case stemmed from a suit filed by plaintiffs against the Water District to enjoin the Water District from pumping polluted canal water into Lake Okeechobee. The Tribe joined the suit on plaintiffs’ side. The Tribe subsequently appealed the distric… Continue reading
This case concerned a challenge brought under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 551-559, 701-706, to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s denial of petitions to designate critical habitat for the Florida panther. The Endangered… Continue reading
Plaintiffs appealed the district court’s grant of summary judgment against their claims under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Pub. L. No. 96-510, 94 Stat. 2767. Plaintiffs also appea… Continue reading
This appeal concerned the actions and decisions of the FHWA and FDOT during the planning and development of the Indian Street Bridge Project in Martin County, Florida. Citizens brought this suit under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 7… Continue reading
Florida Water Environment Association Utility Council and South Florida Water Management District (appellants) appealed the district court’s order approving a consent decree between the EPA and a group of environmentalist organizations (plaintiffs). Th… Continue reading
The Georgia Parties, Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) appealed from a grant of summary judgment in this consolidated suit arising from more than 20 years of litigation between the parties. All of the u… Continue reading