The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The trial penalty that coaxes both the guilty and innocent to enter pleas is exacerbated by mandatory minimum statutes, which trigger automatic penalties if invoked by the prosecutor, as well as sentencing enhancements within the discretion of the prosecutor, such as whether to file notice with the court of a prior offense. In fact, the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 20, 2024

Study of environmental impacts of crude oil production The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition wants to build a new 88-mile common carrier rail line that would link an isolated part of Utah to the national rail network. It sought and received the Surface Transportation Board’s approval to do so. In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v.

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 18, 2023

1] Shortly thereafter, the 2022 rule gave rise to litigation that was led by 25 Republican attorney generals. [2] 1] Shortly thereafter, the 2022 rule gave rise to litigation that was led by 25 Republican attorney generals. [2] 5] The statute requires plan fiduciaries act “solely in the interest of” and “for the exclusive purpose of.

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Patently O

MARCH 17, 2024

More recently, Republican state attorneys general have filed numerous challenges to federal government actions on matters such as abortion , gun control , and immigration in single-judge divisions in Texas. There are rare patent cases that challenge the validity of the patent statutes or the way those statutes are applied by the PTO (e.g.,

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

So-called “trigger” laws have already gone into effect in states where anti-abortion statutes are already on the books have been activated by the decision. Alabama’s Attorney General was granted an emergency motion to dissolve an injunction against the law on Friday afternoon. Law: Utah SB174 2020. South Dakota.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Missouri’s attorney general had promulgated two rules that required securities firms and professionals to obtain consent forms from Missouri investors before incorporating a “social objective” or other “non-financial objective” into their securities recommendations or investment advice. The appeal of Utah v. Walsh (now called Utah v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. In re Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance , No. IBLA 2019 94 (IBLA Sept. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

To the contrary, in the year it was ratified (1868), thirty of thirty-seven states explicitly criminalized abortion by statute.” According to the group, the court wrongly concluded in Roe that the 19th-century statutes had been enacted to protect women from dangerous operations, rather than to protect fetuses.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The defendants filed their reply brief on January 22, 2020, reiterating their arguments that the Tenth Circuit should review the entire remand order, not just the district court’s determination that removal was not proper under the federal-officer removal statute, and that there were multiple valid grounds for removal. City of Oakland v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

attorney Patrick Malone, who previously filed ethics complaints against lawyers representing the Trump campaign or the Republican party. COUNT FOUR (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. COUNT FIVE (Violation of a Public Safety Statute: D.C. Around 2:26, Trump mistakenly called Utah Sen. Then nothing happened.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. Louisiana v. Biden , No. May 10, 2021).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” BLM Dropped Appeal of Adverse Decision on Environmental Review for Utah Coal Mine Expansion. June 22, 2021).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The federal defendants, the States of Wyoming and Utah, and several trade groups appealed the district court’s November 2020 decision. WildEarth Guardians v. Haaland , Nos. 21-5006, 21-5020, 21-5021, 21-5023, 21-5024 (D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. Utah Federal Court Said Analysis of Coal Mine Expansion’s Greenhouse Gas Impacts Was Inadequate. 1:19-cv-02869 (D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act. holding that the scope of appellate review of remand orders extended beyond review of removal based on the federal-officer removal statute. Shell Oil Co. ,

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