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Justices will weigh district courts’ discretion under major 2018 sentencing-reform law

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Last year, the Supreme Court trimmed the scope of that law, unanimously ruling that one of its reforms does not apply to certain low-level crack-cocaine offenders. Some courts look solely at the revised statutory penalties for crack cocaine to decide whether a new sentence is warranted. The justices will now decide which factors count.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C.

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First Amendment questions and California arbitration battles

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the scope of the First Amendment — specifically, whether a law forbidding clandestine recordings is overbroad and whether a state may require individuals to carry identification cards labeled “SEX OFFENDER.” In Louisiana v.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. The federal district court for the District of Rhode Island for the most part denied a motion to dismiss a citizen suit asserting that Shell Oil Products US and other defendants (Shell) failed to prepare a terminal in Providence for the impacts of climate change.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) approval of an offshore drilling and production facility off the coast of Alaska in the Beaufort Sea, finding that BOEM failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Supreme Court. On October 2, the district court granted the companies’ motion to temporarily extend its stay of the remand order until the Supreme Court resolves the application.

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High Court Gun Ruling Fuels Licensing Debate in States

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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. It’s reprehensible.

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