ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

Court 59

Court Government Litigation Litigating 59

JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As University of New Mexico joined those schools requiring the use of the chosen pronouns of students, challenges and cases have mounted. They include actions against both teachers and students for refusing to use pronouns due to their political or religious views. FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION Free Speech Retaliation (42 U.S.C.

Cause of Action 58

Cause of Action Litigation Litigating Laws 58

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

New Mexico Federal Court Rejected New NEPA Challenge to Drilling Approvals in Mancos Shale. The federal district court for the District of New Mexico dismissed a lawsuit challenging BLM’s NEPA review of 370 applications for permits to drill (APDs) in the Mancos Shale/Gallup Sandstone formation of the San Juan Basin.

Litigation 40

Litigation Litigating Court Laws 40

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. According to the judge, the claims are not justiciable because they allege “an overly broad and unquantifiable number of actions and inactions on the part of the Defendants.”

Cause of Action 96

Cause of Action Court Government Litigation 96

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. Tenth Circuit Abated WildEarth Guardians’ Appeal of Decision Upholding NEPA Review for New Mexico Oil and Gas Leases.

Court 49

Court Litigation Litigating Statute 49

SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

She grew up on the family’s Lazy B Ranch, which sat astride the border between Arizona and New Mexico and occupied about 250 square miles – almost four times the size of Washington, D.C. A formative childhood on the Lazy B O’Connor was the oldest of three children born to Harry and Ada Mae Day. O’Connor’s opinion in Jackson v.

Court 143

Court Bar Exam Education Government 143