WILDLIFE: Yellowstone grizzly delisting rule properly vacated for lack of support that whitebark pine declines did not [Read more…]
$319,406 private AG fees, stream access case
ATTORNEY FEES: $319,406 private AG fees properly awarded against intervenors in stream access case, but remanded for [Read more…]
Privacy, partial SSN on conservation license app
PRIVACY: Requiring last 4 digits of SSN on conservation license application rationally related to State’s interests in federal child support enforcement funding… “conservation” license is [Read more…]
Summary judgment, “exceptional circumstances
SUMMARY JUDGMENT: “Exceptional circumstances” justified summary denial of subdivision application without hearing… proper summary judgment standard applied… additional time for discovery properly denied… challenged affidavit with [Read more…]
Amicus brief, untimely, unnecessary
AMICUS brief denied as untimely, unnecessary… order.
Electronic Privacy Information Center requests leave to file an amicus brief in support of Plaintiffs/Appellants. The motion was filed 8/17/09 and is opposed [Read more…]
Water, untimely permit processing
WATER: DNRC failed to uphold duty to process permit application within timeframes, but mandamus not available until applicant proves criteria satisfied, improperly issued… J. Brown reversed. [Read more…]
Game farms, I-143 fee shooting termination, taking
GAME FARMS: I-143 termination of fee shooting upheld over regulatory takings claims… Rice affirmed. [Read more…]