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Louisiana Supreme Court holds that payment of mineral royalties judgment against LDNR is a matter of legislative discretion, reversing grant of mandamus

The Energy Law Blog

State of Louisiana through the Department of Natural Resources , 22-0625 (La. In 2006, a group of landowners filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Louisiana through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (“LDNR”) concerning the ownership of riverbanks in the Catahoula Basin. In Crooks v.

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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Major Environmental Decision Narrowing the Scope of the Clean Water Act

The Energy Law Blog

21-454 (May 25, 2023) is a landmark ruling in environmental law interpreting the scope of water bodies covered by the Clean Water Act (CWA) – an issue that has been debated by courts, presidential administrations, and federal agencies for decades. 715, 739 (2006). [3] Supreme Court decision in Sackett v. United States , 547 U.S.

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Losing Justice Hobbs, Western Water Expert and Valued Mentor

Legal Planet

But people across the Colorado legal community, the broader Western water community, and a far-flung network that includes Berkeley Law staff, faculty, and alumni. Long-term connections with Berkeley Law. Justice Hobbs’ connections with Berkeley Law run deep. He got his JD here in 1971. I was lucky enough to be one of them. .

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

They are allowed by law and timid regulatory inertia to annually spread 400 millions of tons of solid manure, and 4 billion gallons of raw, untreated liquid animal feces and urine – 5,000 to 7,000 gallons per acre – on 600,000 acres across Michigan; . pounds in 2006. There’s no excuse for these blooms to be happening in Michigan.”.

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In Celebration Of The Many Contributions Of John Dawes To Protecting And Restoring PA’s Environment, Foundations Create The R. John Dawes Clean Water Fund

PA Environment Daily

. -- Worked with the Environmental Integrity Project to clean up Brunner Island in the Susquehanna River. -- Advocated for many key regulatory and legislative initiatives to protect Pennsylvania’s waterways, including the reauthorization of the Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006.

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Louisiana Third Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Royalty and Other Claims Based Upon Prescription

The Energy Law Blog

The petitioners in the 2006 proceeding stated that they believed it was necessary for the succession to hire counsel to investigate and litigate these claims. The Succession of Mayo Romero. The trial court granted the Defendants’ exceptions of prescription and the Succession appealed.

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Fifth Circuit Applies U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett Decision to End Long-Standing WOTUS Dispute

The Energy Law Blog

As detailed in our prior Sackett blog article , CWA jurisdictional decisions have been plagued by administrative rulings, guidance, and court opinions that attempted to implement the plurality opinion in the Supreme Court’s 2006 Rapanos v.