Skip to content
  • STNI
  • Statistics
    • Ops and Passengers
      • King County International Airport (Boeing Field) Annual Operations
    • Financials
    • Aviation fuel uplift in the State of Washington 2018 – 2025
      • Aviation Fuel Uplift at Sea-Tac Airport
    • Air Quality Monitoring
    • Flight Tracking
      • Flow and Flight Tracks
      • Five Year Comparison
      • Busiest Hours and Days
    • SEL Noise Reports & Graphs
      • About The Permanent Noise Monitors
      • Minutes of Quiet by Noise Monitor
      • Noise Events mapped
      • Noise Events (SEL)
    • Runways
    • Employees
    • Real Estate
      • Port Properties and Trees mapped
    • Parking
  • Events
  • Protest
    • Regular Events
    • Legislation 2026
    • Complain about a particular flight
    • Advocacy Organizations
    • Media Outlets
    • People
    • The Port of Seattle
      • Commission Meetings
      • Public Records Requests
      • StART
      • Highline Forum
    • Contact Your Electeds
  • Resources
    • FAQs
      • FAA Occurrences/Accidents/Indents
    • The unSustainable Airport Master Plan
      • SAMP NTP: 31 projects by the numbers
      • SEPA Draft EIS (2026)
      • SAMP Record of Decision/FONSI (2025)
      • SAMP Draft EA (October 2024)
      • 2018 Scoping
    • Port Packages
      • Port Package Property Costs
      • Port Packages mapped
      • The Port Package Explainer
      • So you want a (first-time) Port Package? Start here
      • Port Package Looker Upper
      • How do I determine if I have a Port Package or Avigation Easement?
      • Progress on Port Package Update legislation
      • Having a Port Package Problem?
      • Port Package Site Visit Follow-Up
    • Document Library
    • Explainers
      • The Airport Law Cheat Sheet
      • The Grant Explainer
    • External Articles
    • History
      • Timeline
      • The Sea-Tac Communities Plan
        • Sea-Tac Communities Plan – Planning Maps
      • PSRC Third Runway Decision Process
    • Studies
    • Videos
  • Stories
  • Mission
  • Subscribe
  • Contact
Scroll down to content

Get InformedStay Informedx

I understand that you will never share my information with anyone, you will only use it to keep me updated on relevant events and that I may unsubscribe at any time.

STNI

STNISea-Tac Noise.Info

  • Solve for Sea-Tac. Solve for every airport.
  • Since 2016, working to obtain justice for everyone living under the flight path.
  • Less Noise. Cleaner Air. Better Public Health. Compensation.
  • Everything you think you know about the airport is wrong.

Category : Litigation(35)

Advanced Search Options

  • Tags
  • Dates
  • Media
    • PDFs
    • Video
    • Audio
  • Order By
  • 2024-11-26

    Alaska Air, Delta must face lawsuit over Seattle airport pollution

    by Nate Raymond November 26, 20243:00 PM PST Alaska Air Group (ALK.N) and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) have lost their bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that emissions from their aircraft at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are responsible for a deadly mixture of toxic pollution. U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead in Seattle on Monday rejected the
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Litigation TagsAlaska Airlines, Delta, Hagens-Berman
  • 2024-11-12

    Marin Audubon Society v. FAA 23-1067-2024-11-12

    A group of organizations and a resident challenged a plan by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Park Service (NPS) regulating tourist flights over four national parks near San Francisco. The agencies determined that no environmental analysis was needed under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) because the plan would cause minimal additional
    CategoriesLitigation TagsMarin Audubon Society v. Federal Aviation Administration, NEPA
  • 2024-03-20

    District Court of The Hague Case number: C-09-632625-HA ZA 22-610 Foundation For The Right To Protection Against Aircraft Noise (RBV) vs. The State of Netherlands

    ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2024:3734   Authority District Court of The Hague Date of judgment 20-03-2024 Date of publication 20-03-2024 Case number C-09-632625-HA ZA 22-610 Jurisdictions Civil law FeaturesSubstantive action, First instance – multiple Content indication Government liability; 8 ECHR; Aviation Act 1.1. In these proceedings, RBV claims that the District Court should rule that the State has acted unlawfully
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Litigation TagsECHR, European Convention On Human Rights, Litigation, RBV, Rechtspraak.nl, Schiphol Airport
  • 2024-02-16

    Port Of Seattle reply motion to dismiss Hagens-Berman case

    CategoriesLitigation TagsHagens-Berman
  • Our Children’s Trust

    Our Children’s Trust We are the world’s only not-for-profit law firm representing young people and their legal right to a safe climate. We are Youth v. Gov Historic Trial in Montana Read about the trial. Take action. Stand with youth! “I am personally interested in learning about Earth’s processes and understanding the science in order to help
    CategoriesLitigation, Organizations TagsClimate, Held v. Montana, Julia Olson, Juliana v. United States, Public Trust Doctrine
  • EPA Gets Sued Over Lack of Noise Pollution Regulation

    COURT: D.D.C. TRACK DOCKET: No. 1:23-cv-01649 The US Environmental Protection Agency shirked its duties to enforce the Noise Control Act, resulting in nationwide noise pollution, a new federal lawsuit alleged. Quiet Communities Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to reducing noise pollution, sued the agency Wednesday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The group alleges
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Litigation TagsBloomberg, EPA, Quiet Communities
  • Supreme Court May Have Dealt Death Blow to Judicial Deference

    By Barbara Lichman on May 10, 2023 Posted in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Regulation, Litigation, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Less than two weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court took the first of several actions meant to close the door on what has become a standard in opposing citizens’ efforts to challenge the
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Litigation TagsAviation & Airport Development Law News, Barbara Lichman, Supreme Court
  • 2023-04-19

    Hagens-Berman: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) Pollution

    Do you live within a five-mile radius of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport? Fill out the form to find out your rights » CASE STATUS Active ATTORNEYS Steve W. Berman Sean R. Matt Thomas E. Loeser Martin D. McLean Garth Wojtanowicz Shelby R. Smith Jacob Berman Abigail D. Pershing PRACTICE AREAS Class Action Environmental Litigation COURT Superior Court
    CategoriesLitigation, Resources TagsHagens-Berman, MOV-UP
  • Class action lawsuit filed against Port of Seattle, Alaska Air Group and Delta Airlines over toxic airport pollution

    Residents of the city of SeaTac and surrounding areas this week filed a class action lawsuit against the Port of Seattle, Alaska Air Group Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc., alleging that airport operations contaminate neighborhoods near Sea-Tac Airport with a combination of pollutants including carbon monoxide, lead and particulate matter, according to attorneys at Hagens Berman.
    CategoriesFrom The Web, Litigation TagsB-Town Blog, Hagens-Berman, MOV-UP
  • Pollution Control Hearings Board Case Search

    The Environmental Hearings Office (EHO) maintains an index of the decisions of the Pollution Control Hearings Board (PCHB) and Shorelines Hearings Board (SHB) dating back to 1970 on this website. The public can search for all PCHB/SHB decisions using the specific criteria of the search engine that the EHO provides as a courtesy. The EHO
    CategoriesLitigation

Posts pagination

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4
Sidebar On/Off

Help study childhood asthma. Get free HEPA filter!

read more...

Issues

Sea-Tac Airport is currently undergoing the largest and longest expansion in its history, collectively known as the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Some of it you can already hear, but you’re probably not aware of what it all means. Here’s what you need to know.
read more...

Read This!

As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.
continue...

The Podcast!

Subscribe to the only podcast devoted to policies, politics, history, impacts for people living under the flight path everywhere. It’s definitely not just about noise!

The Podcast!

Subscribe to the only podcast devoted to helping people under the flight path everywhere. It’s definitely not just about noise!

Most Recent: Ep #38 Aviation Forum Postgame (Raw!)

  • Sea-Tac Noise.Info
  • Connect with STNI

    • Subscribe
    • Port Package Problem?
    • Donate
    • Podcast
    • Socials
      • Facebook
      • X (Twitter)
      • Bluesky
      • Instagram

    "House Bill 1303 – Environmental Justice in Government Decisions" — , 2025

  • Learn

    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Explainers
    • Youtube
    • Research Requests
    • Make a complaint
  • Goals

    Fulfill the promises of 1976:
    • Compensation
    • Reduced noise
    • Improved air quality
    • Environmental remediation
Login/Register
©2026•Data Privacy

Message

We use cookies to provide basic functionality. We also provide access to search engines in order to provide site analytics. We do not sell or share your data.
V V