ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.”

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

And it is true that other states continue to look at various reform measures along these same lines, including Colorado, North Carolina and Illinois. This year, it opened the proposal to public comment , with the expectation that the state’s supreme court will vote on it sometime in 2022.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Meanwhile the Fifth Circuit enforced a forum selection clause in an insurance contract choosing British Virgin Island courts despite evidence that the claims stood little chance in those courts. Bowman , which addresses the scope of federal criminal statutes, into its current extraterritoriality framework.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2025

City of Englewood, New Jersey , 23-1189 Issues : (1) Whether the City of Englewoods speech-free buffer zones, including zones outside an abortion clinic, violate the First Amendment; and (2) whether the court should overrule Hill v. Relisted after the Nov. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.) Coalition Life v. Relisted after the Nov. 10 and Jan. 10 and Jan.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. Environmental Groups Filed Lawsuit Challenging Colorado River Diversion Project and Alleging Insufficient Analysis of Climate Change Impact on Water Availability.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Tenth Circuit Ordered Coal Company to Stop Preparation for Mining in Colorado Roadless Area.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed , holding that because a federal agency now has the final say over how the private horse-racing authority implements the federal statute, the amended law did not impermissibly delegate authority to a private entity. In a one-paragraph order, the justices granted the authoritys request. Franklin v.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

These cases reflect the judiciarys ongoing role in interpreting federal statutes, balancing individual rights against governmental power, and resolving contentious social and political questions. El Paso County, Colorado (CA10) This case was brought by Ms. Among them are Griffith v. Griffith v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Colorado recommended that the court grant an underground coal mine operator’s motion to dismiss a Clean Air Act citizen suit that alleged the mine required a Prevention of Significant Deterioration construction permit and a Title V operating permit. 1:20-cv-03817 (D.D.C.

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