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Cities, counties, and states score major procedural win in climate liability suits against fossil fuel companies

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In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. And the Supreme Court was likely strongly influenced by this backdrop of lower court legal consensus that the cases should be sent back to state court.

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When is a Government Official’s Social Media a State Action?

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Section 1983, which was originally enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, provides a cause of action against any person who, acting under color of state law, deprives someone of their federal constitutional or statutory rights. Maryland , 378 U.S. ” 42 U.S.C. Quoting Griffin v. 130 (1964).

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The case was currently pending before the Fourth Circuit after a federal district court in Maryland held that Maryland law preempted the local law. According to the Global Legal Action Network, which is supporting the case, only a tiny minority of cases before the Court are fast-tracked and communicated. Williams , No.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

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However, there are still some notable additions that raise more legal frights. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. Maryland v. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

She insists in the video that she knows all of the governing legal rules and shows the path in detail. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. Maryland v. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

” She even posted a walk-through video and insisted that she knows all of the governing legal rules. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. Maryland v. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Anne Arundel County, Maryland filed a motion in federal court in Maryland to remand its case to state court. Living Rivers v.

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