Court Decisions Court Rules Tort West Virginia 
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The court dismissed the proceedings 11 days after the effective date of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and finalizing the final Affordable Clean Energy rule in its place. West Virginia v. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.”
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. West Virginia v. Justice Alito did not take part in the case. Connecticut v.
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