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SCOTUS Rules Quiet Title Act’s Time Bar Is Claim-Processing Rule

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Supreme Court held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is a claim-processing rule rather than a bright-line rule that constrains a court’s jurisdiction. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote on behalf of the Court. North Dakota ex rel. In Wilkins v. United States , 598 U.S. _ (2023), the U.S.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The intermediate appellate court held that the defendant was not entitled to present the defense because he had “reasonable legal alternatives” to trespass and obstruction even if those alternatives were not effective. The court further found that EPCA’s legislative history did not support the plaintiff’s “expansive interpretation.”

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