RECENT CASES

STATE OF NEVADA V. DEP'T OF ENERGY
D.C. Circuit

Nevada's petition for review of a Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for a repository for nuclear waste and a portion of the Record of Decision (ROD) the Department of Energy issued governing the transportation of nuclear waste from the production sources to the repository location is denied where some of the state's claims were unripe for review and the remaining claims were without merit.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/dc/041309a.pdf


NOE V. HENDERSON
8th Circuit

The federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), 16 U.S.C. sections 703-712, and federal regulations promulgated thereunder, do not preempt Arkansas regulations governing activities involving captive-reared mallard ducks.

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/8th/053244p.pdf