SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 4, 2022

The claim before the Supreme Court alleged malicious prosecution (also described as unreasonable seizure pursuant to legal process) against one responding officer, Pagiel Clark, who signed a criminal complaint during Thompson’s initial post-arrest detention. The elements of the constitutional claim match those of the tort.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

” The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week struck down a $465 million opioid award against Johnson & Johnson based on a legal theory that has previously been tried and failed against guns. Judge Polster pushed drug makers to settle before clearly establishing legal liability. Yet it leaves the matter far from resolved.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Rhode Island v. The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. The court found that the plaintiff, who did not allege any legally cognizable relationship with the community college, had failed to allege Article III standing.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

State court proceedings in Rhode Island’s case were put on hold in August pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s and Rhode Island Supreme Court’s consideration of personal jurisdiction issues in unrelated cases. Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co. , No 19-1818 (1st Cir.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

But in response to legal challenges, Congress amended the law in 2022 to give the FTC the power to make changes to the authoritys rules. Two years ago, when the Supreme Court denied review on a petition questioning the legality of that practice, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. Relisted after the Jan. 10 conference.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Rhode Island , No. The Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded the exemptions after EPA moved for vacatur and voluntary remand, conceding that it did not analyze determinative legal questions regarding the refineries’ eligibility for the extensions. County of San Mateo , No. 20-884 (U.S. May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.)

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