ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 12, 2023

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. The plaintiffs strategically pled state law claims and refrained from adding federal causes of action to their cases.

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Patently O

MARCH 16, 2024

Section 1983, which was originally enacted as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, provides a cause of action against any person who, acting under color of state law, deprives someone of their federal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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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The case was currently pending before the Fourth Circuit after a federal district court in Maryland held that Maryland law preempted the local law.

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At the Lectern

JULY 14, 2022

Maryland (1963) 373 U.S. 83 and it ordered dismissed an action for overnight camping in Balboa Park. There was no petition for review, but there were two depublication requests. The appellate court held to be improper a city attorney’s delegation to the police in infraction cases of discovery obligations under Brady v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Maryland 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. OUTCOME: While no criminal charges are planned, this would appear a likely case for a lawsuit for negligence.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Maryland 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. She landed on a fire escape and then fell down some stairs. Janik (2009).

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Maryland 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. She landed on a fire escape and then fell down some stairs. Janik (2009) Sgt.

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