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Environmental lawsuits are different from other litigation. This is the definitive guide for practitioners involved in environmental litigation. Organized around an actual litigation case, it offers specific insights and suggestions for handling every stage of the litigation process. Shows how to conduct an environmental trial from client interview through trial to closing argument. Includes a number of useful forms.
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A guide to the litigation, defense and adjudication of 1983 claims and Section 1988 attorney's fees. A broad spectrum of legal subjects relating to 1983 litigation is examined, including the meaning and intent of 1983 constitutional rights, federal court jurisdiction, the interplay of state and federal law, the Eleventh Amendment, common-law immunities, abstention doctrines and computation of damages. Relevant issues that arise both in asserting and defending claims are analyzed. Three appendices include practice guidelines, prevailing market rates for lawyers and 1988 fee decisions by state courts.
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