Attorney Court Decisions Rhode Island 
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 17, 2025
It notes the acknowledged circuit split, argues that loss and miscarriage are sufficiently broad to encompass claims of intentional nondelivery, and argues that langauge in the Supreme Courts decision in Dolan v. USPS indicates that immunity covers situations when mail fails to arrive at all. First Choice now petitions for review.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 20, 2025
As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. And once again, Jos Garza, the Travis County district attorney, has filed a brief supporting the petition. Relisted after the Dec.
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SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 6, 2025
In 1993, William Neilly was sentenced in Michigan state court to life without the possibility of parole for a homicide he committed as a juvenile. Because of intervening Supreme Court decisions prohibiting the imposition of no-parole life sentences for juvenile offenders, he was resentenced to a lesser sentence.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The State seeks compensatory damages, penalties for violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, and costs of suit. Rhode Island v. Attorney General of Ontario (Ontario Superior Court of Justice).
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Federal Court Stayed Remand Order in Minnesota’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Industry, Denied Attorney Fees. The federal district court for the District of Minnesota stayed its order remanding Minnesota’s climate change lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry. Rhode Island v. City of Hoboken v.
The Crime Report
JUNE 24, 2022
A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Rhode Island v. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c. ,
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