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• Date: 01 December 2009

12-2009 NEWS & ANALYSIS 39 ELR 11197

CALIFORNIA

• Airpollution

California Bldg. Indus. Ass’n v. San Joaquin Valley

Air Pollution Control Dist. (Cal. App. 5th Dist.) . . . .20223

National Paint & Coatings Ass’n v. South Coast Air

Quality Management Dist. (Cal. App. 4th Dist.) . . . . 20226

• CentralValleyProject

Stockton E. Water Dist. v. United States (Fed. Cir.) . .20228

CIVIL PROCEDURE

• Removal

Orange County Water Dist. v. Unocal Corp.

(2d Cir.) ..................................20224

• Statuteoflimitations

United States v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.

(S.D. Tex.) .................................20240

CLIMATE CHANGE

Article: Empowering Local Autonomy and

Encouraging Experimentation in Climate Change

Governance: e Case for a Layered Regime . . . . . . .11161

Article: International Investment Agreements and

Climate Change: e Potential for Investor-State

Conicts and Possible Strategies for Minimizing It . .11145

Article: e Endangered Species Act and Climate

Change .................................... 11171

Column: Incremental Changes in Soon-to-Be-

Released Disclosures Unlikely to Satisfy Advocates. . .11145

COLORADO

• Radioactivewastedisposal

Board of County Comm’rs v. Colorado Dep’t of Pub.

Health & Env’t (Colo.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20241

COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,

COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT

• Contribution

Ford Motor Co. v. Michigan Consol. Gas Co.

(E.D. Mich.) ...............................20231

• Liability,§107

AMW Materials Testing, Inc. v. Babylon (2d Cir.) . . .20238

Ford Motor Co. v. Michigan Consol. Gas Co.

(E.D. Mich.) ...............................20231

• Statuteoflimitations,§113(g)

United States v. Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc.

(S.D. Tex.) .................................20240

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

• FirstAmendment

Illinois Dunesland Preservation Socy’ v. Illinois Dep’t

of Natural Resources (7th Cir.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20233

• Takingofprivateproperty

Guggenheim v. Goleta, City of (9th Cir.). . . . . . . . . .20234

CONTRACTS

• Governmentcontracts

Stockton E. Water Dist. v. United States (Fed. Cir.) . .20228

COURTS

• Estoppel

Underwood Livestock, Inc. v. United States

(Fed. Cl.) ..................................20235

• Jurisdiction

Provincial Gov’t of Marinduque v. Placer Dome, Inc.

(9th Cir.) ..................................20225

• Politicalquestiondoctrine

Comer v. Murphy Oil USA (5th Cir.) . . . . . . . . . . . .20237

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

(N.D. Cal.) ................................20236

• Standingtosue

Comer v. Murphy Oil USA (5th Cir.) . . . . . . . . . . . .20237

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.

(N.D. Cal.) ................................20236

ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

Article: e Endangered Species Act and Climate

Change ...................................11169

MINNESOTA

• MinnesotaEnvironmentalPolicyAct

Minnesota Ctr. for Envtl. Advocacy v. Holsten

(Minn. Ct. App.) ............................20227

NANOTECHNOLOGY

Column: FIFRA Scientic Advisory Panel Considers

Nanosilver .................................11143

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT

• Environmentalimpactstatement

California Resources Agency v. Department of Agric.

(N.D. Cal.) ................................20230

NEW YORK

• Waterpollution

In re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Prods. Liab. Litig.

(S.D.N.Y.) .................................20239

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT

• “Waste”construed

Howmet Corp. v. EPA (D.D.C.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20229

RIVERS AND HARBORS ACT

• Constructioninnavigablewaters,§10

United States v. Milner (9th Cir.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20232

TORTS

• Trespass

United States v. Milner (9th Cir.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20232

TOPICAL INDEX

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