The United States brought a civil action against Russell T. Hawley, an insurance agent, and his insurance company, Hawley Insurance, Inc. (collectively, “Hawley”), alleging violations of the False Claims Act (“FCA”), 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1)-(3) (2006), amended by Fraud Enforcement and Recove...   MORE>>

The National Corn Growers Association, the National Sunflower Association, the National Potato Council, and FMC Corporation petition for review of the order of the Environmental Protection Agency denying their objections to the EPA’s Final Regulation revoking all “tolerances” for the pesticide...   MORE>>

Northwest Environmental Defense Center (“NEDC”) brings suit against the Oregon State Forester and members of the Oregon Board of Forestry in their official capacities (collectively, “State Defendants”) and against various timber companies (“Timber Defendants,” and collectively with State...   MORE>>

Larry J. and Nancy A. Hacker appeal a judgment of the United States Court of International Trade sustaining a decision by the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) denying their application for trade adjustment assistance (“TAA”) cash benefits. See Hacker v. United States, 31 Int�...   MORE>>

For more than forty years, the United States Forest Service (hereinafter “Forest Service”) has granted Plaintiff Hugh B. McKeen and his family a series of term livestock grazing permits to graze cattle and/or horses on the Cedar Breaks Allotment in the Glenwood Ranger District of the Gila Nation...   MORE>>

David C. Robacker seeks review of the final order of the Merit Systems Protection Board denying his appeal of the action by the Department of Agriculture (the “agency”) to remove him from his position. See Robacker v. Dep’t of Agriculture, No. DA-0752-08-0549-I-1 (M.S.P.B. July 24, 2009). We a...   MORE>>

Weldon Lackey seeks sanctions, authorized by 7 C.F.R. § 400.768(e) in appropriate cases, for what he claims was the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) failure to timely provide a final agency determination (FAD) in response to his request for an interpretation of policy and procedur...   MORE>>

Fourteen African American farmers allege the United States Department of Agriculture discriminated against them on the basis of race (and, in one case, gender) in administering the agency‘s federally funded credit and benefit programs. They assert claims under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 ...   MORE>>

Habitat Education Center appeals from a grant of summary judgment to the United States Forest Service in a lawsuit challenging the environmental impact statement (“EIS”) prepared by the agency in connection with a forest management project in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern W...   MORE>>

This case arises out of a decision by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to deregulate a variety of genetically engineered alfalfa. The District Court held that APHIS violated the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 83 Stat. 852, 42 U. S. C. §4321 et seq., by issui...   MORE>>