No Toxic Air, Inc. v. LeHigh Southwest Cement Co.
The prevailing party in an administrative mandamus proceeding may recover the cost of attorney and paralegal work necessary to prepare the administrative record. Read More
The following summaries are of recent published decisions of the California appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. The summaries are presented without regard to whether Severson & Werson represented a party in the case.
The prevailing party in an administrative mandamus proceeding may recover the cost of attorney and paralegal work necessary to prepare the administrative record. Read More
An Army Corps "approved" jurisdictional determination that "waters of the United States" are present on or absent from an owner's real property is a final agency action that may be judicially reviewed under the Administrative Procedures Act. Read More
The Communications Decency Act does not shield an internet website owner from liability for failure to warn users about dangers posed by sexual predators using the site to target vulnerable women for abuse. Read More
The federal Airline Deregulation Act preempts California’s Online Privacy Protection Act, so Delta Airlines does not have to comply with the latter in constructing its mobile phone app. Read More