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Keith v. Century Housing Corp.

2:72-cv-00355 | U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Filed Date: Feb. 16, 1972

Closed Date: May 18, 2018

This action was brought in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on February 16, 1972, to try to stop the construction of the Century Freeway, also known as I-105, in Los Angeles. Private homeowners who were set to be displaced by the construction and several advocacy organizations, including the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the NAACP, sued various state and federal agencies and officials and alleged violations of the National Environmental Policy Ac…

Memorandum and Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction

Keith v. Volpe

July 7, 1972

Opinion

Keith v. California Highway Commission v. Brinegar

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Sept. 27, 1975

Memorandum and Order Granting Plaintiffs' Counsel Reasonable Attorney's Fees and Reimbursement for Certain Costs and Expenses

Keith v. Volpe

March 31, 1980

Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Keith v. Volpe

Oct. 2, 1996

Corrected Memorandum and Order Granting Defendant Century Housing Corporation's Motion for Modification of Exhibits B and C of the Amended Consent Decree and Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for Modification of Exhibits B and C and the Addition of Exhibit D to the Amended Consent Decree

Keith v. Volpe

April 10, 1997

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
South Camden Citizens in Action v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

1:01-cv-00702 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: Feb. 13, 2001

Closed Date: March 31, 2006

This is a case about disparate impact in the permitting and building of environmentally hazardous facilities. The plaintiffs, the advocacy group South Camden Citizens in Action and 10 local residents, filed this suit against the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The case was assigned to Judge Stephen M. Orlofsky.  In their complaint, filed on February 13, 2001, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendant h…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
United States v. The City of Jackson, Mississippi

3:22-cv-00686 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

Filed Date: Nov. 29, 2022

Case Ongoing

This is a case about unsafe public drinking water in Jackson, Mississippi. On November 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed a complaint against the city of Jackson, Mississippi ("the City"), on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. The DOJ sued the city of Jackson under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Prior to this lawsuit, in February 2020, the EPA found infrastructure problems indicating t…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
CODING IN PROCESS
EPA Investigation of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Health

No Court

In response to administrative complaints filed with the agency (Nos. 01R-22-R6, 02R-22-R6, and 04R-22-R6), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opened an investigation into the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and the Louisiana Department of Health's (LDH) on April 6, 2022 via its authority under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and EPA's nondiscrimination regulations. The complaints alleged that LDEQ's implementation of its air pollution control permit program …
POLICING
Dundon v. Kirchmeier

1:16-cv-00406 | U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2016

Case Ongoing

This is a putative class action about excessive police force used to disperse protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). On November 20, 2016, the plaintiffs– Native Americans and other concerned citizens who referred to themselves as "water protectors"--gathered to pray and protest the DAPL at Backwater Bridge in North Dakota. They were met by local police forces who were armed with specialty impact munitions, teargas, and water cannons. Without warning, the police began to use force to …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Californians for Renewable Energy v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

4:15-cv-03292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: July 15, 2015

Case Ongoing

On July 15, 2015, five non-profit organizations concerned with environmental justice filed this lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Represented by Earthjustice, the plaintiffs sued under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The plaintiffs claimed that the EPA violated the APA by failing to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq. (“Title VI”). (The plaintiff…
PUBLIC BENEFITS/GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Kennedy v. City of Zanesville

2:03-cv-01047 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Filed Date: Nov. 3, 2003

Closed Date: April 2, 2009

On November 19, 2003, a group of Black residents of the City of Zanesville, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and the Fair Housing Advocates Association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio against the city of Zanesville ("City"), Washington Township ("Township"), Washington Township Trustees, and Muskingum County Commissioners ("County"). The plaintiffs, represented by public interest attorneys, asked the court for declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief, …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

1:16-cv-01534 | U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2016

Case Ongoing

On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the Corps’ actions related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline running from North Dakota to Illinois). The Tribe sought injunctive and declaratory relief and attorneys’ fees and costs under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), the National Histori…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Juliana v. United States

6:15-cv-01517 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2015

Case Ongoing

On August 12, 2015, a group of young individuals (aged 8-19) in Oregon, represented by their guardians, filed a complaint against the United States and various government officials in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, asserted harm from carbon dioxide pollution and climate destabilization due to government action and/or inaction. The plaintiffs alleged that instead of implementing a course of effective action to phase out carbon …
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Yankton Sioux Tribe v. EPA

4:96-cv-04268 | U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota

Filed Date: Sept. 17, 1996

Closed Date: 1998

On September 17, 1996, The Yankton Sioux Tribe petitioned the District Court of South Dakota for judicial review of a final decision of Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to grant the Southern Missouri Waste Management District’s (“District”) request to waive the composite liner requirement for a municipal solid waste landfill facility under construction on non-Indian land within the reservation. The Tribe’s complaint alleged that the EPA’s actions were arbitrary and capricious and that th…