Cause of Action Court Decisions Legal 
JURIST
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
The bill seeks to restore certain provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act that were gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court decision. It prohibits any sort of voting practice or procedure that would cause the denial or abridgment of the right to vote to any person based on race, color, or membership in a minority language group.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Brazil: When a court accepts the legally disruptive nature of climate change. On December 07, 2021, the Federal Regional Court of the Fourth Region (TRF4) – one of Brazil’s federal courts of appeal – decided what should be the competent jurisdiction to hear the case of IEA v. The court found that IEA v.
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FDA Law Blog
JULY 8, 2024
The first question in the Court’s analysis was whether the claim that the SEC brought is a “suit at common law,” i.e., if the case is legal in nature. That the claim rested on a federal statute and required the SEC to establish facts that do not match any cause of action known to the common law in 1791 was not dispositive.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 15, 2012
The complaint asserted four causes of action relating to the legality of New York’s participation in RGGI. The fourth cause of action raised the question of whether RGGI violates the Compact Clause as a multistate contract not authorized by Congress. The complete court decision is available here.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 12, 2023
The Supreme Court sided with the fossil fuel company defendants, ruling that appellate courts could review all grounds of the remand order. Five circuit courts of appeal, after considering all aspects of the remand orders, affirmed lower court decisions that the cases should be sent down to state court.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2022
Arizona is one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions in American criminal procedure. But, in addition to its in-trial effects, Miranda also operates pre-statement and out-of-court. Share Miranda v. And though Miranda is not constitutionalized, it is a constitutional rule. 5) What about the costs?
Constitutional Law Reporter
APRIL 10, 2024
The Sixth Circuit Court ruled that Freed was not liable because he maintained his Facebook page in his personal capacity. In reaching its decision, the appeals court held that a public official engages in state action only when the official performs a legally mandated “duty of his office” or invokes the “authority of his office.”
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