Constitutional Law Reporter

AUGUST 28, 2023

Facts of the Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern as a freight-car mechanic for nearly 20 years, first in Ohio, then in Virginia. After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Supreme Court’s Decision The Supreme Court reversed.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

Medical Marijuana, represented by Supreme Court veteran Lisa Blatt, petitions for review, arguing that the courts of appeals “are divided on whether economic damages arising from persual injuries … support civil RICO liability.” In reviewing the Veterans Court decision, the U.S. We’ll know more soon.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Federal Court Ordered FOIA Production of CEQ Records Related to NEPA Rulemaking. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. UK Supreme Court Overturned an Appellate Court Decision, Allowing the Approval Process for a Third Runway at Heathrow International Airport to Move Forward. 4:20-cv-00115 (D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The New Jersey court also found no basis for Grable jurisdiction, rejecting the companies’ arguments that the City’s claims necessarily raised substantial and actually disputed issues of federal law such as First Amendment issues or issues addressed by federal environmental statutes. West Virginia v. 20-35412 (9th Cir.

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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.” Virginia Federal Court Said Challenge to NEPA Regulations Was Not Justiciable. Wild Virginia v.

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