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  • Clean Air Council v. Commonwealth

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Wecht
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 73 MAP 2021

    The Environmental Hearing Board erred in concluding that no private party to an appeal under the Clean Streams Law may be compelled to reimburse another party for attorneys' fees and costs unless it has pursued or defended the appeal in bad faith or for an improper purpose. The court vacated the Commonwealth Court's contrary rulings in consolidated cases and remanded for further Board proceedings.

  • Gibraltar Rock, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Envt'l Prot.

    Publication Date: 2023-01-09
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Mining and Resources | State and Local Government
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 78 MAP 2021

    Commonwealth court erred in overturning Environmental Hearing Board's rescission of mining permits by relying on sua sponte issues not raised on appeal by the parties. Order of the commonwealth court vacated, case remanded.

  • Dept. of Envt'l Prot. v. Clearfield County

    Publication Date: 2022-10-24
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Dumas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 762 C.D. 2021

    Landfill permit was properly vacated where applicant failed to include a specific description of the source of solid waste as required by DEP regulations requiring identification of the origin of waste. Order of the Environmental Hearing Board affirmed

  • Yaw v. Delaware River Basin Comm'n

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Fuentes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-2315

    District court properly found plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Delaware River Basin Commission's ban on fracking within the Delaware river basin because the alleged legislative injuries affected the state legislature as a whole, municipalities' alleged economic injuries were conjectural and no plaintiff had standing as a trustee of Pennsylvania's public natural resources under the environmental rights amendment to the Pennsylvania constitution. Affirmed.

  • Shark River Cleanup Coal. v. Twp. of Wall

    Publication Date: 2022-09-05
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John P. Brennan, Jr.
    for defendant: M. James Maley, Jr. and Erin E. Simone (Maley Givens); John J. Novak
    Case Number: 21-2060

    Clean Water Act Pre-Suit Notice Deficient for Failing to More Specifically Identify Provisions of Act Being Violated

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  • City of Hoboken v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-29
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Thomas G. Hungar (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Joel M. Silverstein and Herbert J. Stern (Stern Kilcullen & Rufolo); Joshua D. Dick (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); Andrea E. Neuman (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William E. Thomson, III (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher); William T. Marks and Kannon K. Shanmugam, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Daniel J. Toal and Theodore V. Wells, Jr. (Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison); Kevin H. Marino and John D. Tortorella (Marino Tortorella & Boyle); Paul J. Fishman (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Matthew T. Heartney and John D. Lombardo (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Jonathan W. Hughes (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Nancy G. Milburn and Diana E. Reiter (Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer); Steven M. Bauer and Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Daniel R. Brody and Jameson R. Jones (Bartlit Beck); Jeffrey S. Chiesa, Michael K. Plumb, and Dennis M. Toft (Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Steven M. Bauer (Latham & Watkins); Anthony P. Callaghan (Gibbons); Sylvia-Rebecca Gutierrez and Thomas R. Valen (Gibbons); Daniel J. Brown and Alexandra M. Joyce (McCarter & English); Margaret Tough (Latham & Watkins); Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Kathryn M. Barber and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Jeffrey M. Beyer and Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr. (Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti); Kevin J. Mangan (Womble Bond Dickinson); Andrew G. McBride (McGuireWoods); David C. Frederick, Grace W. Knofczynski, and Daniel Severson (Kellogg Hansen Todd Figel & Frederick); Steven L. Caponi (K&L Gates); Joseph J. Bellew (White & Williams); Megan H. Berge (Baker Botts); J. Scott Janoe (Baker Botts); Tristan L. Duncan (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Daniel B. Rogers (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); Shannon S. Broome and Ann M. Mortimore (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Shawn P. Regan (Hunton Andrews Kurth); Antionette D. Hubbard (Maron Marvel Bradley & Anderson); Robert E. Dunn (Eimer Stahl); Nathan P. Eimer, Pamela R. Hanebutt, and Lisa S. Meyer (Eimer Stahl); Jeffrey L. Moyer (Richards Layton & Finger); Vanessa Lavely and Kevin J. Orsini (Cravath Swaine & Moore); Joy C. Fuhr and Brian D. Schmalzbach (McGuireWoods); Christian J. Singewald (White & Williams); Michael A. Barlow (Abrams & Bayliss); Alexandra Ewing and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger); Robert P. Reznick (Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe); J. Benjamin Aguinaga (Jones Day); Noel J. Francisco and David M. Morrell (Jones Day); David C. Kiernan (Jones Day); Tracy A. Roman and Kathleen T. Sooy (Crowell & Moring); Honor R. Costello (Crowell & Moring); Michael F. Healy (Shook Hardy & Bacon); Mackenzie M. Wrobel (Duane Morris); Michael L. Fox (Duane Morris); Blake K. Rohrbacher, Alexandra Ewing, and Robert W. Whetzel (Richards Layton & Finger)
    for defendant: Jonathan S. Abady, Matthew D. Brinckerhoff, Ananda V. Burra, andMax R. Selver (Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel); Gerald Krovatin and Helen A. Nau (Krovatin Nau); Stephanie D. Biehl, Matthew K. Edling, Quentin C. Karpilow, and Victor M. Sher (Sher Edling); Ralph K. Durstein, III and Christian D. Wright (Office of Attorney General of Delaware); Jameson A.L. Tweedie (Delaware Department of Justice)
    Case Number: 21-2728 & 22-1096

    State Law Tort Claims Arising from Climate Change Caused by Use of Fossil Fuel Products Did Not Create Federal Question Permitting Removal to Federal Court

  • Shark River Cleanup Coal. v. Twp. of Wall

    Publication Date: 2022-08-25
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 21-2060

    Plaintiff appealed from the district court's dismissal of its complaint filed under the Clean Water Act.

  • City of Hoboken v. Chevron Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Environmental Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Bibas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 21-2728

    Defendants appealed from the order of the district court that granted plaintiffs' motion for remand of the case back to state court.

  • Lenhart v. Cogan House Twp.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-18
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Leadbetter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 22-0800

    Trial court properly dismissed appellant's second complaint alleging township failed to obtain permits and develop an erosion and sedimentation plan for drainage work done to road by appellants' house and court found the doctrine of lis pendens applied since both actions concerned the same road construction, the same parties and sought essentially the same relief. Affirmed.

  • Commonwealth v. Monsanto Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-31
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 22-0109

    Commonwealth had parens patriae and environmental trustee standing to pursue public nuisance and product liability failure-to-warn claims against manufacturer of toxic chemicals that had caused substantial environmental contamination. Defendants' preliminary objections overruled in part and sustained in part.