Joseph Adinolfe, et al v. United Technologies Corporation

Joseph Adinolfe, et al v. United Technologies Corporation - 10/6/14. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Case Nos. 12-16396, 12-16397. The consolidated appeals concern the dismissal with prejudice of a class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of parties against United Technologies Corporation d.b.a. Pratt & Whitney, an aircraft and rocket engine manufacturer, for damages resulting from purported groundwater contamination. The Panel reversed and remanded.

Sturgeon v. Masica

Sturgeon v. Masica - 10/6/14. In the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Case No. 13-36165. The panel affirmed the district court's summary judgment in favor of federal appellees, and vacated the judgment against intervenor/appellant State of Alaska, due to its lack of standing, in an action brought by John Sturgeon challenging the National Park Service's enforcement of a regulation banning the operation of hovercrafts on the Nation River.