ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure. Constitution.”

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

both honor a deserving California Native American and maintain a connection to the California Supreme Court. The Supreme Court rejected the district’s position. 671), the court declared the exclusion of Piper to be a violation of both the California and. Benjamin Madley, An American Genocide (2016) pp.

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Fordham Law News

APRIL 21, 2022

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State’s legislative bodies have crafted new laws to help prevent tenants’ evictions. 4] Landlords sued New York State’s Chief Administrative Judge, County Sheriffs, and other officials throughout the state— challenging CEEFPA on constitutional grounds. [5]

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NewmanFerraraLLP

MARCH 28, 2023

LEGAL SERVICES GETS FEES & COSTS Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS) , a nonprofit organization representing incarcerated New Yorkers, made a Freedom of Information Law, or “FOIL” request, for a certain video that had been introduced by the Department of Corrections at an inmate’s disciplinary hearing.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 10, 2022

Supreme Court recently returned to the bench for its February sitting. The issues before the Court involved Native American law and immigration. Below is a brief summary of the cases before the Court: Denezpi v. Litigation about the Rule ensued, and the Supreme Court granted review of the Second Circuit’s opinion.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Federal Court Found Flaws in New Climate Change Analysis for Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases. The federal district court for the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S. Third, the court found that BLM used internally inconsistent emission rates. Circuit held this new proceeding in abeyance. FEATURED CASE.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). West Virginia Federal Court Ordered EPA to Evaluate Clean Air Act’s Impacts on Coal Industry.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

In June, the Sabin Center, in collaboration with APKS, officially launched a new version of the climate litigation charts at [link]. The new website is more easily navigable and searchable than the prior version, and for many older cases includes updated information and documents. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 19, 2022

Now-retired prosecutor Ralph Petty earned a living at the Midland County District Attorney’s Office in West Texas. By night he drafted court documents for judges to sign. Defense attorneys would have protested if they knew what was going on, but county and court officials kept the arrangement quiet among themselves.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider cases and statutes about suing various government entities, ranging from two counties to a state governor to the United States itself. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v. In Polk County, Wisconsin v. The en banc U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Monday added seven new cases to its merits docket for the 2024-25 term, including a challenge to Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., That case is covered in a separate story.) The issue at the center of Republic of Hungary v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The last scheduled conference of the Supreme Court’s term — which this term is being held Thursday — is usually one that yields many grants. City of New London. This week we have two.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. With just a few weeks left before the Supreme Court’s summer recess, and with only the October and November argument sittings filled, the court has switched into high gear. Circuit and the U.S.

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Connor Reporting

MARCH 19, 2025

Ethel Zatyko and Rena Pettypiece had taken a twelve-month course in the hope of becoming court stenographers. They wrote letters of application to court officials. But when the answers came, their hopes were dashed: the RCAF might recruit women wireless operators, but Alberta doesnt allow women court reporters.

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ALPS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As the first Director of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s Standing Advisory Committee on Professionalism, and Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Practice Management Program , Heidi can make a better case than anyone for why management of a successful practice is directly tied to the wellbeing of the lawyers running that practice.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In the eyes of court officials who can determine whether he remains free or on lockdown, Nasheem Heath has mostly made the right moves since, at age 16, he was arrested for pointing a pistol at a random stranger and snatching that man’s necklace and cash. For that, he spent five months in a section of the jail in Suffolk County, N.Y.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 2, 2023

At the Supreme Court’s conference yesterday, actions of note included: Supreme Court will answer big-ticket COVID insurance question for the Ninth Circuit. The court agreed to hear People v. ” The dissent asserted that “[t]he trial court violated defendant’s statutory right to counsel.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Just before the Supreme Court begins its new term on the first Monday in October , the court gathers to consider all the hundreds of cert petitions that have built up over the summer.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. At last week’s conference, the Supreme Court had 472 petitions and applications before it – including three new relists, which yielded (so far) zero grants. Court of Appeals for the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

In the aftermath of the Rittenhouse verdict, figures on both sides of the case threatened new filings and investigations. It seems likely that the case will move into a new stage of litigation, particularly civil litigation. If a court finds such a status, he would be subject to a higher standard of proof under New York Times v.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Both governmental agencies and academic institutions are increasingly treating misgendering as a form of hate speech or discrimination. That is triggering major free speech fights in this county and abroad. Yet some people have religious beliefs against following the new order and using such pronouns. In Loudon County, Va.,

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. For starters, it granted review in City and County of San Francisco v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A person held in state prison can challenge the constitutionality of their criminal conviction in federal court through a legal tool known as a writ of habeas corpus. In Clements v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court has taken a lot of action on relisted cases since our last installment. Even more impressively, the court rescheduled the case five times before that. 5, 2024 conference.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. As we noted last week , the Supreme Court relisted 18 new cases from its “long conference” that marked its return to business after the summer recess. There are also two new relists.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review in Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. The court summarily reversed rulings adverse to police officers in two qualified immunity cases, City of Tahlequah, Oklahoma v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 23, 2021

On April 1, 2021, a unanimous Second Circuit panel dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York City against a handful of fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change harms under state public nuisance and trespass law. In my view, the court missed the mark, in the main. On this point, the court was absolutely correct.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals. 20-1045 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Supreme Court. The district court previously extended the stay of the remand order pending the Fourth Circuit’s resolution of the companies’ stay motion.) BP p.l.c. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In a split decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that young people and other plaintiffs asserting a claim against the federal government for infringement of a Fifth Amendment due process right to a “ climate system capable of sustaining human life” did not have Article III standing. One reason the petitioners asked the D.C.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Now, a new slew of negligence and strict liability claims are expected across the country. _. A recent survey of New York doctors found that 60 percent saw an increase in ER visits for cooking wounds and turkey carving accidents. Some things are happily left out of the courts. He is clearly off the list.

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Above The Law

MARCH 24, 2025

Highlights from Last Week – Top Ten Sixteen Headlines #1 With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession. 3 Top US Supreme Court Justice Rebukes Trump’s Call to Impeach Judge. A Presidential Memorandum Aimed at Lawyers Everywhere Struck a Menacing Tone. Read more here. #3

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Above The Law

APRIL 28, 2025

Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of escorting the man and his lawyer out of her courtroom through the jury door last week after learning that immigration authorities were seeking his arrest. 3 Angst Builds Inside Federal Agency Over Trumps Moves Against Law Firms. Listen here. #2 Read more here. #3

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

As shown in the Twitter Files , there was a secret effort by the FBI and other agencies to engage in what I called “ censorship by surrogate.” Jen Easterly, who heads the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, extended her agency’s mandate over critical infrastructure to include “ our cognitive infrastructure.”

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Above The Law

MAY 5, 2025

On the first Monday of each month, you get a longer version of the Roundup with recent headlines plus reading recommendations, job postings, events, and other features, including a new Deep Dive section where we will take a closer look at one of last months headlines. The new bill from Rep. Hank Johnson , D-Ga.,

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