JURIST

APRIL 16, 2024

The US Supreme Court Monday declined a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson, effectively allowing him to be sued by a Louisiana police officer for negligence. ” Both the district court and the Fifth Circuit looked to NAACP v. .” The case at bar, DeRay Mckesson v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

United States , the 1950 Supreme Court case holding that the United States is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries sustained by members of the armed forces while on active duty and resulting from the negligence of others in the armed forces. Louisiana , 21-993. United States. Until next time, stay safe !

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Day on Torts

MAY 31, 2022

Before filing suit, plaintiff consulted with a friend who was an attorney in Louisiana. While plaintiff asserted that he relied on advice from an out-of-state attorney and was acting pro se when the notices were sent, the Court ruled that this did not constitute extraordinary cause. Plaintiff thereafter filed this HCLA suit.

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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.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

The court denied, however, Connecticut’s motion for costs and fees, noting that several issues raised by Exxon were novel in the Second Circuit and that many relevant portions of district court rulings in other circuits had not been subject to appellate review until the Supreme Court’s recent decision in the Baltimore case.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. In addition, the court found that the company had failed to show that the alleged RICO violations proximately caused injury to its business or property.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Four environmental organizations filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. They further contend that the U.S.

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