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SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 20, 2025
As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. The court relisted Escobar back in June 2024 and has been holding it ever since, pending the resolution of Glossip. 28 and Mar.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Rhode Island v. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c. ,
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SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 16, 2025
They contended that it would seem to follow from Apprendi that a jury must find any facts necessary to support a (nonzero) restitution order, and they suggested that the court should take up a lower court ruling to the contrary. Judicial factfinding for restitution Under Apprendi v. Relisted after the Jan. 10 conference.)
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Rhode Island v. Northern Plains Resource Council v.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
It also once again did not act on several high-profile petitions for review, including a challenge to Marylands ban on military-style assault weapons and a challenge to Rhode Islands ban on large-capacity magazines. The justices declined to decide whether to limit or overrule its 1950 decision in Feres v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 6, 2018
DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In a letter to the court on March 2, the parties asked the court to defer further briefing on the U.S.-based
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
Justice Sotomayor dissented, writing that she believed the Court’s interpretation would allow defendants to “sidestep” the general bar on appellate review by “shoehorning” a civil rights or federal officer removal argument into their case for removal. Rhode Island , No. Justice Alito did not take part in the case. 20-884 (U.S.
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