Court Decisions Rhode Island Statute 
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 6, 2025
In 1993, William Neilly was sentenced in Michigan state court to life without the possibility of parole for a homicide he committed as a juvenile. Because of intervening Supreme Court decisions prohibiting the imposition of no-parole life sentences for juvenile offenders, he was resentenced to a lesser sentence. 21 and Feb.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 23, 2025
While the Supreme Court routinely throws out lower-court decisions granting prisoners habeas relief, its fairly uncommon for the justices to summarily grant relief to habeas petitioners. Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.) Ocean State Tactical, LLC v. Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.)
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. Rhode Island v. Subsequent to the Supreme Court decision, the government of Nepal passed the Environment Protection Act of 2019 and the Forests Act of 2019. Shrestha v.
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. ,
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 16, 2025
Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed , holding that because a federal agency now has the final say over how the private horse-racing authority implements the federal statute, the amended law did not impermissibly delegate authority to a private entity. In a one-paragraph order, the justices granted the authoritys request.
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. Rhode Island v. 20-35412 (9th Cir.
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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