Conflict of Laws

JUNE 28, 2023

But Mallory argued that by registering to do business in Pennsylvania, it had agreed to appear in Pennsylvania courts on any cause of action. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (2021). Tyrrell (2017), another FELA suit involving out-of-state parties and a cause of action that arose out of state as well.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” EPA’s brief is due December 15. National Environmental Development Association’s Clean Air Project v. Williams , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The court also denied Minnesota’s motion for attorney fees, concluding that “removal advanced critical legal questions that have not yet been resolved by the higher courts.” The federal district court for the District of Montana is to consider these issues on remand. Northern Plains Resource Council v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Ninth Circuit was not persuaded by the plaintiff states’ argument that “precedent requires a broad, fact-intensive inquiry into whether altering an injunction is equitable, even if the legal duty underlying the injunction has disappeared.” Bernhardt , No. 4:18-cv-05712 (N.D. Washington , No. 22O152 (U.S. The plaintiffs plan to appeal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

The federal district court for the District of Montana dismissed a lawsuit that sought to compel the U.S. Third, the Secretary did not treat the Paris Agreement as legally irrelevant to his Strategic Environmental Assessment because, again, he took into account domestic obligations under the Climate Change Act of 2008.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court Denied Montana and Wyoming’s Challenge to Washington Actions that Barred Coal Exports. 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. Animal Legal Defense Fund v.

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