ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 23, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases, and that this authority may prove central to addressing climate change under the statute. This language is nearly identical to that of Clean Air Act Section 202(a), which the Supreme Court held in Massachusetts v. Alternatively, the U.S. A summary is available here.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 24, 2022

A Supreme Court decision Thursday upending a century-old New York State gun licensing restriction has been called a major blow to state gun control interventions across the country. The Court released its opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The New Jersey court also found no basis for Grable jurisdiction, rejecting the companies’ arguments that the City’s claims necessarily raised substantial and actually disputed issues of federal law such as First Amendment issues or issues addressed by federal environmental statutes. Northern Plains Resource Council v. Haaland , No.

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Above The Law

MARCH 21, 2025

In a series of recent decisions, federal courts across the United States have addressed a range of significant legal issues, from civil rights and constitutional law to administrative authority and criminal justice. Additionally, cases that reversed lower court decisions or set new legal precedents were considered more significant.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Bureau of Land Management , No. filed Dec.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” Massachusetts High Court Upheld Transmission Line Approval. In re Hawaiian Electric Co. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2025

District Judges Deborah Boardman in Maryland and Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts also put Trumps order on hold. Sauer told Barrett that class actions would have the symmetry lacking in a universal injunction because both members of the class and the government would be bound by the courts decision. Two other judges U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The district court had granted Exxon’s motion to stay the case under the doctrine of primary jurisdiction to allow the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a decision on Exxon’s application to renew the NPDES permit, which had expired in 2014.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2021

They argue that the court nonetheless should grant review in order to clarify the law for future elections. Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, has already opined that “ there is a strong likelihood that the [Pennsylvania] Supreme Court decision violates the Federal Constitution.”

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