INDIAN LANDS: Suit to mandate BIA to partition land on Crow Reservation consistent with a settlement agreement barred by sovereign immunity… “Indian” rather than “Native” used for consistency with caselaw and in a political sense… Watters reversed. [Read more…]
$1.4 million for police shooting death
POLICE SHOOTING: $1.4 million, fatal shooting of person in mental crisis. [Read more…]
Air quality permit, natural gas power plant
AIR QUALITY PERMIT: DEQ did not conduct adequate environmental review of natural gas power plant before issuing permit, should have considered greenhouse gas, analysis of lighting impacts deficient, but rather than vacatur of permit remanded for further evaluation of environmental impacts… Moses affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Class certification, subdivision soil settlement
CLASS CERTIFICATION properly granted in soil settlement suit against subdivision developers… Souza affirmed. [Read more…]
Class action, preliminary injunction, rental agreements
CLASS ACTION: Preliminary injunction granted prohibiting Boyne from terminating Rental Management Agreements with named Plaintiff condo owners as alleged tactic to intimidate others into opting out… Morris. [Read more…]
Wrongful discharge/discrimination, female driver
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE/DISCRIMINATION claims of female driver properly rejected on summary judgment… Olson affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]
Subdivision MOU, street dispute
SUBDIVISION MOU street provisions properly construed but fact issues remain as to whether a majority of a quorum of the Town Council approved it… Laird affirmed, reversed. [Read more…]
Occupational disease, ARD, 1961 v. 1993 MODA
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE: Supervisory control of Krueger denied as to ruling that 1961 MODA applies to ARD claim against power company rather than 1993 version in effect when Plaintiff stopped work for subsequent employer… order. [Read more…]
Mootness, rental management class action order
MOOTNESS: Appeal in rental management class action as to extension of termination mooted by expiration of order and clarification by Morris (memorandum). [Read more…]
Class certification, subdivision “bad dirt”
CLASS CERTIFICATION granted in subdivision “bad dirt” suit against developers… $3,440,000 settlement with engineers… Souza, Todd. [Read more…]