Swimming upstream: 9th Circuit CWA cases heading to SCOTUS *

USA - August 17 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review two U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Clean Water Act (CWA) cases.

Co-authors: Maggie Brennan.

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Supreme Court to hear two significant clean water cases *

USA - July 20 2012
The Supreme Court has agreed to review two Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Clean Water Act (“CWA”) cases.

Co-authors: Maggie Brennan.

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River segment must be navigable in fact for commercial purposes at statehood for state to obtain title to riverbed under the equal footing doctrine *

USA - March 5 2012
weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in PPL Montana v. Montana.

Co-authors: Alex Merritt , Michael B. Wilmar .

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Court of Appeal rules that denial of a landowner's application to develop property can be a compensable regulatory taking *

USA - January 6 2012
The Fourth Appellate District recently held that a local agency's denial of an application to develop a 2.85 acre parcel in the middle of a developed residential area can constitute a compensable regulatory taking under the Penn Central Transp. Co. v. City of New York (1978) 438 U.S. 104 case.

Co-authors: Michael Hansen.

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Superior Court strikes down numeric effluent limits in California's Construction General Permit *

USA - January 5 2012
On December 2, 2011, the Sacramento Superior Court invalidated the numeric limits on turbidity and pH in California's Construction General Permit (CGP) because the limits were not supported by substantial evidence

Co-authors: Alex Merritt .

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