Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq. Can citizen plaintiffs in federal court sue the same violator for the same water pollution violation against which the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or state agency is taking or has taken administrative enforcement? The answer to the question is yes, as long as the […]
September 29, 2022 Alice F. Douglas MGKF Litigation Blog In Rio Linda Elverta Cmty. Water Dist. v. United States, No. 2:17-CV-01349, 2022 WL 3567143 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 18, 2022), the Honorable Kimberly J. Mueller, Chief Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, dismissed two California […]
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq. The City of Austin, Texas regulates signs that advertise things not located on the same premises as the sign, and signs directing readers to offsite locations, all known as “off-premises signs.” The City’s sign code prohibited construction of new off-premises signs, but gave existing signs […]
Posted by Eric L. Hiser, 10 min On July 29, 2022, EPA’s Air Quality Assessment Division and Air Quality Policy Division jointly issued new guidance, Guidance for Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Permit Modeling, addressing how in final form to state, local and tribal permitting authorities and the public. The […]
Written by Gregor I. McGregor, Esq. In the case of Shurtleff v. City of Boston, (May 2, 2022), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the City of Boston’s flag-raising program did not constitute government speech. Consequently, the City’s refusal to allow the petitioners to fly their flag because of its religious viewpoint […]