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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana and Wyoming Asked Supreme Court to Consider Claims That Washington Impermissibly Blocked Access for Coal Shipments. Montana and Wyoming filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint in the U.S. Swiss Court Ruled that Imminent Danger of Climate Crisis Justified Protesters’ Actions. BP p.l.c. ,

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court, which did not address the plaintiffs’ arguments regarding alleged inadequacies in the climate change-related analyses, found that the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits or that they would suffer irreparable harm. Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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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Justices won’t intervene in dispute over transgender rights and bathrooms

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Grimm , leaves in place a lower-court ruling that found that a Virginia school district violated federal law when it barred students from using the restrooms that align with their gender identities. corporations can be sued for violations of the Alien Tort Statute, the law on which the Iraqi plaintiffs were relying, at all.