SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Premier Rehab Keller , a lawsuit filed in federal court in 2018 by Jane Cummings, who has been deaf since birth and is legally blind. She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The amendments were challenged in a petition filed by 20 states, along with Chicago, Denver, and the District of Columbia, and in a second petition filed by 10 environmental groups. Federal Court Upheld State Department’s Invocation of FOIA Exception for Legal Memorandum Supporting Paris Agreement Request. BP America Inc. ,

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, where Mike Lindell and MyPillow advertised and promoted the Stop the Steal march on January 6. billion in damages in the lawsuit against Lindell, including about $650 million in punitive damages and $650 million in compensatory damages.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Two Georgia election workers filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network (“OAN”) for promoting claims that they engaged in election fraud during the vote-counting process in the state of Georgia during the 2020 presidential election.

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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.” District of Columbia v. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

On February 7, 2021, the federal district court for the District of Columbia denied the motion by Red Lake Band, White Earth Band, and other plaintiffs’ for a preliminary injunction in their case challenging U.S. In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos. A20-1071 (Minn. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the pipeline project.

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