A state appellate court has reinstated a lawsuit over a proposed Wal-Mart supercenter in the City of Lodi.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked development of a geothermal power plant on federal land in Siskiyou County because federal agencies did not complete an environmental review of leases for the land underlying the proposed power plant.

A ruling from the State of Washington by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals suggests that local governments in California may want to review their sign ordinances.

The First District Court of Appeal has thrown out the City of American Canyon's approval of a Wal-Mart supercenter because the city did not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act and violated its own zoning ordinance.

Only two months after voters rejected Proposition 90, new proposals to alter eminent domain law are already arising. Anti-tax activists, environmentalists, local government organizations and state lawmakers are all working on eminent domain proposals, and it is likely that voters

A taxpayer lawsuit challenging the City of Seaside's discounted sale of 105 acres of the closed Fort Ord military base to housing developers appears headed for trial.

A state appellate court panel has chastised the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) for ignoring the California Environmental Quality Act during reviews of timber harvest plans.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination that listing the Sierra Nevada Mountain yellow-legged frog as an endangered species was "warranted but precluded" has been rejected by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

A dispute between owners of property in northern San Diego County and a public utility district is headed for a new trial after the Fourth District Court of Appeal overturned a $2.3 million award of damages and compensation to the property owners.

A water credit transfer approved for a developer by the City of Monterey and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has been struck down by an appellate court, which ruled that the city's and the district's reliance on an exemption from environmental review was faulty.

A federal court has ordered Sutter County to grant a conditional use permit for a Sikh temple. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the county violated the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) when the county rejected two use permit

A state project to convert 225 acres of Colusa County farmland into wetlands and waterfowl habitat is not exempt from environmental review, the Third District Court of Appeal has ruled.