Delta Permits Illegal, Federal Judge Concludes
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By Mike TaugherSTAFF  A federal judge Friday ruled the permit that allows massive Delta water delivery projects to kill a tiny endangered fish is illegal. It is the second time in two months that a court has declared the state's water projects in violation of endangered species laws.
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A U.S. judge ruled the U.S. government violated the law by failing to adequately consider environmental damage from Monsanto's genetically engineered alfalfa.  Judge Charles Breyer of U.S. District Court in San Francisco said the U.S.
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By THOMAS CONTENT and LEE BERGQUIST  In a setback for the state's largest utility, a Dane County circuit judge has ruled that a water permit for the $2.2 billion power plant under construction in Oak Creek does not comply with a recent federal appeals court decision.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. took a giant step away from bankruptcy with a tentative agreement on contract concessions from its pilots. But details on the proposal reached Wednesday were withheld while it was reviewed
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - A federal judge Friday revoked a permit to develop a limestone mine amid 6,000 acres of habitat that could be used by the endangered Florida panther.
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A federal judge has upheld the government's practice of allowing development to proceed even if it is discovered after a project begins that the work could endanger protected species.
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A U.S. bankruptcy court on Wednesday  allowed Delta Air Lines Inc.  to begin seeking  creditor approval for its reorganization plan, bringing the No.  3 U.S. carrier a big step closer to exiting bankruptcy this  spring.
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By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise May 25--A federal judge chastised the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday for violating commitments to minimize killing endangered salmon at the Columbia and Snake rivers dams. U.S.
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A U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday   allowed Delta Air Lines Inc. DALRQ.PK to terminate its pilot   defined benefit pension plan, clearing a major hurdle in its   restructuring plans.
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Delta Air Lines unveiled changes yesterday that will remake its business, but officials warned that soaring costs still could land the nation&#39;s third-largest carrier carrier in bankruptcy court.
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A federal judge Friday revoked a permit to develop a limestone mine amid 6,000 acres of habitat that could be used by the endangered Florida panther.
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A federal judge ruled that a widely used aggressive tax shelter was based on fake bank loans and is therefore not legitimate.
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A U.S. federal judge has ruled the Morpheus software program promoted illegal file sharing.
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A federal judge ruled Monday that President Bush had both overstepped his constitutional bounds and improperly brushed aside the Geneva Conventions in establishing
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Delta Air Lines Inc.&#39;s outside auditors question the carrier&#39;s ability to continue as a viable business as it tries to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection.
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A U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday   allowed Delta Air Lines Inc. DALRQ.PK to terminate its   pilots' defined benefit pension plan, clearing a major hurdle   in its restructuring plans.
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By Terence Chea THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge reinstated a ban Wednesday on road construction in nearly 50 million acres of pristine wilderness, overturning a Bush administration rule that could have cleared the way for more commercial activity in national forests.