A Legal Reporter of the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

Water Log 33.2 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 33.2 in pdf May, 2013

• Preventing the Taking of the Endangered Whooping Crane
• 2013 Mississippi Legislative Update
• Coastal Residents Brace for Impact of Flood Insurance Reform
• Fifth Circuit Reverses Contempt Finding in Drilling Moratorium Litigation
• Designation of Gopher Frog Habitat Faces Legal Challenge
• Comer Litigation Heads to the Fifth Circuit: Will the Third be the Charm?
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 

Water Log 33.1 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 33.1 in pdf March, 2013

• Is a Houseboat a Vessel? U.S. Supreme Court Applies New Test for Floating Homes
• Court Revokes Wetlands Fill Permit in Turkey Creek Watershed
• Environmental Group Says Fine Imposed on Developer Is Too Low
• Courts Continue to Deal with Deepwater Horizon Aftermath
• Supreme Court Ruling Maintains Water Transfer Rule
• Koontz and Decker: A Supreme Court Preview

 

Water Log 32.4 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 32.4 in pdf December, 2012

• Tri-State Water Wars Continue as Florida Sees Declining Oyster Populations
• Government Immune from MRGO Flood Damage Claims
• Alabama Courts Consider the Ebb and Flow of Surface Water Rights
• What's the Damage? Examining the "Pure Stigma Claims" of Gulf Coast Property owners in In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig Deepwater Horizon
• Mississippi Court Awards Contested Beach to Private Landowners
• Alabama Supreme Court Rules on Riparian Rights
  
  

Water Log 32.3 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 32.3 in pdf August, 2012

• Louisiana Extends State Coastal Boundaries in the Gulf
• Congress Passes the RESTORE Act
• Landmark MARPOL Vessel Surveyor Conviction
• Supreme Court to Decide If Temporary Flooding Is a Taking
• Gulf Dead Zone Prompts Call for Stricter CWA Regulations
• Offshore Drilling Moves Forward Despite Litigation

Water Log 32.2 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 32.2 in pdf May, 2012

• Is Offshore Drilling on Mississippi's Horizon?
• MRGO Flood Damage Litigation: Fifth Circuit Scrutinizes Governmental Immunity
• EPA's Veto of Yazoo Pump Project Upheld on Appeal
• BP Oil Spill Litigation Roundup
• Kemper County Coal Plant: The Mississippi Supreme Court Weighs In
• Groundwater Ownership Rights and the Edwards Aquifer Authority
• Texas Supreme Court Restricts Open Beaches Act

Water Log 32.1 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 32.1 in pdf March, 2012

• Flood Insurance All Washed Up?
• Battle Continues Over Florida's Water Quality Standards
• Oil Spill MDL: Update
• BP Settles Portion of Claims
• Property Owners Dispute Harbor and Marina Construction
• Court Rules on Kemper County Project
• Mississippi/Alabama Legislative Update

Water Log 31.4 in New Dynamic Version
Water Log 31.4 in pdf November, 2011

• Clean Water Act Violations Lead To Fish Kill
• Dispersant Manufacturers May Face Personal Injury
  Liability
• Oil Spill MDL: Punitive Damage Claims Allowed
• Waterfront Property Owners Lose Takings Claim
• Citizen Suit Leads to Wetlands Restoration
• Court Upholds Injunction Halting Beachfront Sidewalk
  
  

Water Log 31.3 in New Dynamic Version

Water Log 31.3 in pdf August, 2011

• Georgia Battles Back in Tri-State Water Wars
  
• Oil Spill MDL Dismisses Environmental Claims
  
• Gulf Offshore Drilling Leases Under Fire
  
• Fifth Circuit Rejects New CAFO Rule
  
• Gulfport Sues Secretary of State Over Harbor Control
  
• Comer is Back: Mississippi Residents Re-file Climate
  Change Lawsuit
  
• Telling Fish Tales Criminalized in Texas

• Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit Heads to the Supreme Court
  
• Florida Sues EPA over New Water Protection Standards
  
• Texas Court Lifts Injunction and Allows Subdivision Construction
  
• Mississippi Court Reviews Public Access to Paw Paw Island
  
• Presidential Oil Spill Commission Makes Case for Reform
  
• 2010 Mississippi Legislative Update
  
• 2010 Alabama Legislative Update