List of environmental lawsuits
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On this page, environmental lawsuit means "a lawsuit where the well-being of an environmental asset or the well-being of a set of environmental assets is in dispute". Also on this page, lawsuit with environmental relevance means "a lawsuit where a non-environmental entity or a set of non-environmental entities is in dispute, but whose outcome has relevance for an environmental asset or for a set of environmental assets".
Because the distinction between the two types of lawsuit is not perfectly clear-cut, it is beneficial to keep the two lists together on one page, but separated according to that distinction.
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[edit] Environmental lawsuits
| Lawsuit | Court of decision | Year of decision |
|---|---|---|
| Aldred's Case | 1610 | |
| Amchem Products Inc. v. British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board | Supreme Court of Canada | 1993 |
| Anderson v. Cryovac | ||
| Arizona v. California | Supreme Court of the United States | 1931, 1934, 1936, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1979, 1983, 1984, 2000 and 2006 |
| Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana | Supreme Court of the United States | 1978 |
| Burford v. Sun Oil Co. | Supreme Court of the United States | 1943 |
| Burmah Oil Co. v Lord Advocate | Courts of Scotland | 1965 |
| C&A Carbone, Inc. v. Town of Clarkstown, New York | Supreme Court of the United States | 1994 |
| Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v US Atomic Energy Commission, 449 F.2d 1109 (D.C. Cir. 1971) | United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit Court | |
| Cardwell v. American Bridge Co. | Supreme Court of the United States | 1885 |
| Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia | High Court of Australia | 1990 |
| Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt | Supreme Court of the United States | 1992 |
| Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | Supreme Court of the United States | 1984 |
| Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe | Supreme Court of the United States | 1971 |
| City of Philadelphia v. New Jersey | Supreme Court of the United States | 1978 |
| Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council | Supreme Court of the United States | 2009 |
| Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States | Supreme Court of the United States | 1976 |
| Commonwealth v Tasmania | High Court of Australia | 1983 |
| Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen | Supreme Court of the United States | 2004 |
| Dolan v. City of Tigard | Supreme Court of the United States | 1994 |
| Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group | Supreme Court of the United States | 1978 |
| Edwards v. National Coal Board | 1949 | |
| Environmental Agency v Clark | ||
| Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker | Supreme Court of the United States | 2008 |
| Federal Power Commission v. Tuscarora Indian Nation | Supreme Court of the United States | 1960 |
| Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc. | Supreme Court of the United States | 2000 |
| Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association | Supreme Court of the United States | 1992 |
| Geer v. Connecticut | Supreme Court of the United States | 1896 |
| Hadacheck v. Sebastian | Supreme Court of the United States | 1915 |
| Hughes v. Oklahoma | Supreme Court of the United States | 1979 |
| Industrial Union Department v. American Petroleum Institute | Supreme Court of the United States | 1980 |
| Interprovincial Cooperatives v. The Queen | Supreme Court of Canada | 1975 |
| Jackson v Attorney General | House of Lords | 2005, 2006 |
| Kansas v. Colorado | Supreme Court of the United States | 1902, 1907, 1943, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2009 |
| Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., Et al. | United States federal courts | ongoing |
| Kleppe v. New Mexico | Supreme Court of the United States | 1976 |
| Kruger and al. v. The Queen | Supreme Court of Canada | 1978 |
| Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council | Supreme Court of the United States | 1992 |
| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife | Supreme Court of the United States | 1992 |
| M. C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath | Supreme Court of India | 1997 |
| M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Oleum Gas Leak Case) | Supreme Court of India | |
| Maine v. Taylor | Supreme Court of the United States | 1986 |
| Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency | Supreme Court of the United States | 2007 |
| McDonald's Restaurants v Morris & Steel | European Court of Human Rights | 2005 |
| McLaren v. Caldwell | Judicial Committee of the Privy Council | 1884 |
| McWaters v. FEMA | United States district court | 2006 |
| Missouri v. Holland | Supreme Court of the United States | 1920 |
| Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser | Supreme Court of Canada | 2004 |
| Morrison v. Olson | Supreme Court of the United States | 1998 |
| National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife | Supreme Court of the United States | 2007 |
| New York v. United States (1992) | Supreme Court of the United States | 1992 |
| Nollan v. California Coastal Commission | Supreme Court of the United States | 1987 |
| Norton v. S. Utah Wilderness Alliance | Supreme Court of the United States | 2004 |
| Nulyarimma v Thompson | Federal Court of Australia | 1999 |
| Operation Dismantle v. The Queen | Supreme Court of Canada | 1985 |
| Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Oregon | Supreme Court of the United States | 1994 |
| Partridge v Crittenden | Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of England and Wales | 1968 |
| R. v. Badger | Supreme Court of Canada | 1996 |
| R. v. City of Sault Ste-Marie | Supreme Court of Canada | 1978 |
| R. v. Crown Zellerbach Canada Ltd. | Supreme Court of Canada | 1988 |
| R. v. Hydro-Québec | Supreme Court of Canada | 1997 |
| R. v. Jim | British Columbia Supreme Court | 1915 |
| R. v. Van der Peet | Supreme Court of Canada | 1996 |
| Rapanos v. United States | Supreme Court of the United States | 2006 |
| Rylands v. Fletcher | British House of Lords | 1868 |
| Ryuichi Shimoda et al. v. The State | District Court of Tokyo | 1963 |
| S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection | Supreme Court of the United States | 2006 |
| Sierra Club v. Morton | Supreme Court of the United States | 1972 |
| Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook Cty. v. Army Corps of Engineers | Supreme Court of the United States | 2001 |
| Sporhase v. Nebraska ex rel. Douglas | Supreme Court of the United States | 1982 |
| St. Louis v. Myers | Supreme Court of the United States | 1885 |
| Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency | Supreme Court of the United States | 2002 |
| Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill | Supreme Court of the United States | 1978 |
| United Haulers Assn. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Mgmt. Auth. | Supreme Court of the United States | 2007 |
| United States v. Dion | Supreme Court of the United States | 1986 |
| United States v. Louisiana (1965) | Supreme Court of the United States | 1965 |
| United States v. SCRAP | Supreme Court of the United States | 1973 |
| United States v. Weitzenhoff | Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals | |
| United States v. Winans | Supreme Court of the United States | 1905 |
| Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. | Supreme Court of the United States | 1978 |
| Ward v. Canada (Attorney General) | Supreme Court of Canada | 2002 |
| Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc. | Supreme Court of the United States | 2001 |
| Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council | Supreme Court of the United States | 2008 |
| Wisconsin v. Illinois | Supreme Court of the United States | 1929 |
| Wyoming v. Colorado | Supreme Court of the United States | 1922 |
[edit] Lawsuits with environmental relevance
[edit] See also
[edit] Environment courts
- Environment Court of New Zealand
- ICEAC (International Court of Environmental Arbitration and Conciliation)
- Kunming#Environmental court (in People's Republic of China)
- Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
- Livability Court
[edit] Other related topics
- Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) (in New England in the US)
- DuPont and C-8
- Environmental crime
- Environmental criminology
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental justice
- Environmental law
- International Court of Justice advisory opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
- International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE)
- Lindane#Morton Grove lawsuit
- List of environmental agreements
- List of environmental law reviews and journals
- Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry
- Pulp mill conflict between Argentina and Uruguay
- Royal Dutch Shell environmental issues
- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)
- School District 36 Surrey#Environment (in British Columbia in Canada)
- Toxic tort
