SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2021

In this case, Chevron removed the lawsuit to a federal district court in Maryland, pointing to eight different grounds for removal. Under federal law, cases filed in state court can be transferred – the technical term is “removed” – to federal court if they meet one of several criteria. Arguments of the oil companies.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 14, 2024

In the first months of 2024, legislators in four states— Maryland , Massachusetts , New York , and Vermont —have pushed for legislation that would collectively require large fossil fuel producers and refiners to pay for hundreds of billions of dollars of state-level climate adaptation infrastructure.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The case was currently pending before the Fourth Circuit after a federal district court in Maryland held that Maryland law preempted the local law. The companies filed their brief on November 16, arguing that the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that it was limited to reviewing removal based on the federal-officer removal statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

Animal Legal Defense Fund , involving the constitutionality of a Kansas statute criminalizing trespass by deception at animal facilities with intent to damage the enterprise. Goertz , involving the question of what statute of limitations state prisoners face when raising claims seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

As the repercussions of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling on Roe v. Wade continue to shake U.S. politics, some experts are pointing out that the biggest impact will be felt in the African-American community.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

The decision was noteworthy not only because it struck down the New York law, which mirrored similar restrictions in California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, but for its methodology. Instead, the court simply interpreted the two statutes at issue by looking primarily at the statutes’ text and structure.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” Among the inadequacies found by the court was Ecology’s failure to consider climate change in drafting the permits.

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