SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluding that tolling is available for a similarly worded tax provision. In Kwai Fun Wong , which involved a claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority that to the extent the FTCA was special, it cut in favor of equitable tolling.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Two federal district courts—in Minnesota and the District of Columbia—granted motions to remand cases brought by plaintiffs against the fossil fuel industry. In the District of Columbia, the district court remanded a case brought against Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) by the nonprofit organization Beyond Pesticides under D.C.’s

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