SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The court did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2025-26 term. 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.

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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. District Court Stayed Briefing of Motion to Remand in Annapolis’s Climate Case.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

After the developers terminated the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 16, 2021 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal of the district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction barring work on the pipeline. July 8, 2021).

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