Case Summary Issue: Whether Montana may set water quality standards that unduly burden coal-bed methane production by requiring that produced water be purer than necessary to protect existing beneficial uses…
Case Summary Issue: Whether principles of federalism limit a federal court’s authority to control a state’s educational funding system? Plaintiff: Thomas Horne, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause allows a government employer to reject the results of a civil service examination and election process, as required by the city…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Montana complied with all State environmental laws and policies when it approved new well drilling permit applications? Plaintiff: Montana Wildlife Federation; National Wildlife Federation Defendant: Montana…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Arizona may require proof positive of U.S. citizenship in order to vote in Arizona elections? Plaintiff: Maria Gonzalez, Jesus Gonzalez, Bernie Abeytia, Luciano Valencia, Debbie Lopez,…
Case Summary Issue: Whether, and, if so to what extent, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must consider, analyze, and/or mitigate the global warming impacts of so-called greenhouse gases when…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Congress may create race-based preferences for Native Hawaiians by legislative fiat, proclaiming them a political group with which the United States has a special and unique…
Case Summary Issues: Whether the Colorado General Assembly preempted the authority of the Regents of the University of Colorado to regulate concealed handguns by passing the CCW Act and whether…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Congress may demand, based on conditions that existed more than forty years ago, that a sovereign State continue to yield to the Attorney General of the…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the federal government may seize property and/or take governmental action that significantly damages property or impairs its use? Plaintiff: Arron Marston and Judy Marston Defendant: United…