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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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.” On October 8, the District of Wyoming vacated the 2016 rule, with judgment entered on October 23.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Western Energy Alliance—a trade association that represents companies in the oil and natural exploration and production industry—filed a petition for review in the federal district court for the District of Wyoming challenging the Biden administration’s suspension of the federal oil and gas leasing program. They asserted that the U.S.