SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The court’s decision could fundamentally restructure interstate groundwater law in the United States for decades — or the case could be dismissed immediately on the grounds that Mississippi has failed to allege the proper cause of action. Equitable apportionment cases started with Kansas v.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2021

A judge for Shawnee County District Court in Kansas blocked the state’s ban on Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) abortions Wednesday. The Kansas legislature passed Senate Bill 95 , commonly known as the Kansas Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, in 2015. The state appealed.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Kansas City Light & Power Company v. Kansas City Light & Power Company v. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers. 32; 285 S.W. 455 (1926).

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Kansas City Light & Power Company v. Kansas City Light & Power Company v. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers. 32; 285 S.W. 455 (1926). “A

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Kansas City Light & Power Company v. Kansas City Light & Power Company v. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers. Trimble ␣ 315 Mo. 32; 285 S.W.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The District of Utah held that the lease suspensions merely maintained the status quo and therefore were not major federal actions subject to NEPA; the conservation groups therefore lacked standing. An eighteenth state, Kansas, filed a similar motion for limited intervention two weeks later. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No.

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