"The Bush administration and the State of Montana are acting as if there is an absolute right to construct this mine," said Roger Flynn, director and managing attorney for the Colorado-based Western Mining Action Project, which is representing a coalition of conservation groups planning to challenge approval of the mine.
Groups can use these to argue against development approvals or to challenge government approvals in court.
We consider they were strong grounds for challenging the approval in the first place".
The pharmaceutical industry has sued the Bush administration, challenging its approval of state Medicaid laws that try to save money by restricting access to higher-cost prescription drugs.
[C3.] Makers Sue Over Drug Programs The pharmaceutical industry has sued the Bush administration, challenging its approval of a Michigan program that tries to extract discounts for prescription drugs.
A gay rights group has sued Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly, challenging his approval of a ballot question that would prohibit same-sex marriage through a constitutional amendment.
Within hours of the agency's decision on Thursday, one consumer advocacy group, the Center for Food Safety, said it and other organizations would file a lawsuit challenging the approval.
The Australian Conservation Foundation will take the federal environment minister to the federal court, challenging his approval of the Indian company Adani's enormous Carmichael mine in Queensland.
A plan to establish a charter elementary school on the Upper West Side, a subject of fierce debate in the neighborhood, has cleared a critical hurdle after a State Supreme Court justice dismissed a lawsuit challenging the approval process for the school's opening.
Its most recent foray into making original drugs deferiprone, a blood-disorder medicine made headlines when its chief clinical investigator, Nancy Olivieri, claimed that the treatment was doing more harm than good, and that Apotex was putting prestige ahead of patients.Deferiprone is now on sale in Europe, although Dr Olivieri is challenging its approval.
