SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Abbott involves a long-running series of multi-district litigation cases arising from du Pont’s government-permitted releases of chemicals from one of its plants; because the claims of harm from exposure were varied, the cases proceeded through multidistrict litigation rather than as part of a class action. Maryland and Napue v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Maryland v. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. The obvious issue beyond the alleged negligence of the Park is the plaintiffs’ own conduct. If they are found 51 percent at fault, they are barred entirely from recovery. Janik (2009).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 22, 2024

PJM Interconnection had identified grid congestion across the Pennsylvania-Maryland border and concluded that such congestion had led to approximately $800 million in costs from 2012 to 2016. For instance, in its 2013 report on Policies for a Modern and Reliable U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. The Second Circuit also distinguished the Connecticut program from a Maryland regulatory scheme that the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Circuit upheld the regulation, holding that “the disputed rule is consistent with the best interpretation of ‘machine gun’ under the governing statutes.” Maryland and Napue v. In Cargill , the en banc U.S. relisted after the Sept. 13 and Oct 27 conferences) Payne v.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

Take, for example, the more than 100 cases filed nationally against brand hotelier franchisors beginning in late 2019, for alleged sex trafficking occurring on premise under the same statute. Not only does it ensure media coverage, but it affords litigation advantages over other intentional assault type claims.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Even if she never intended to stay at the hotel, the court of appeals concluded, “she was still injured in precisely the way the statute was designed to protect.” The hotel’s failure to do so, the court of appeals explained, gives Laufer the right to sue. The hotel went to the Supreme Court, asking the justices to weigh in.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The court considered the statutes ambiguous, which meant that under normal principles of Indian Law, they must be construed in favor of the tribe. Maryland ; and (2) whether suppressed impeachment evidence of the state’s key witness is per se non-material under Brady because that witness’ credibility had been otherwise impeached at trial.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. On November 23, GM announced that it was withdrawing from the litigation. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

Doe, on the other hand, says the case is moot only because the parties stipulated to dismissal, and she notes that at this late stage of the litigation, she was only able to dismiss the case because both parties agreed to do so. But Doe nonetheless states that she does not oppose vacatur. record requested Oct. 18; relisted after the Feb.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Yes, the statute really does have a full cite to the opinion in it. For insured claims, the insurer would have to seek the same information in litigation on a case-by-case basis. Maryland and Napue v. Nelson ,…517 U.S. The California state law at issue in Flagstar Bank v. Kivett , and the New York state law in Cantero v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

See Pennsylvania General Assembly Statute §7102. Maryland v. OUTCOME: Reversed dismissal on the basis of tolling of statute of limitations. The obvious issue beyond the alleged negligence of the Park is the plaintiffs’ own conduct. If they are found 51 percent at fault, they are barred entirely from recovery. Janik (2009) Sgt.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 23, 2025

Brown , 24-203 Issue: Whether the Constitution permits Maryland to ban semiautomatic rifles that are in common use for lawful purposes, including the most popular rifle in America. Lewis , 24-473 Issue : Whether Maryland v. Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.) Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Maryland Appellate Court Said Residents Lacked Standing to Challenge Update to Master Plan. and non-U.S. County of Butte v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit affirmed , holding that because a federal agency now has the final say over how the private horse-racing authority implements the federal statute, the amended law did not impermissibly delegate authority to a private entity. In a one-paragraph order, the justices granted the authoritys request.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Under the False Claims Act, a defendant is liable for submitting a false claim to the government for payment if it acts “knowingly,” which the statute defines as acting with actual knowledge, deliberate ignorance, or reckless disregard. Groff asks the justices to revisit and overrule Hardison ’s more-than-de-minimis-cost test. 6 conference).

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

One “friend of the court” brief filed in support of Pulsifer tells the justices that the lower court’s ruling “turns the statute on its head by foreclosing safety-valve relief for the vast majority of defendants to whom the statutory amendment might apply.” The case has drawn widespread interest.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Ironically, the proposals would upend decades of civil rights litigation to defend the “one man, one vote” principle. This proposal would decouple voting rights from cases and statutes designed to protect the equality of voting. Maryland, 4 Wheat. t is ours, too. It must be ours.”. ” McCulloch v. 579 (1819).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. and non-U.S. In an unpublished decision, the D.C. 3:17 -cv-02824 (N.D.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Most people following the litigation over S.B. The Supreme Court could neither enjoin the flagrantly unconstitutional abortion restrictions nor lift the circuit court’s unexplained order pausing lower-court litigation, the “rule-of-law story” goes, because the Supreme Court’s hands were tied.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 146.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

Kruger left WilmerHale for the University of Chicago Law School, where she taught a class in transnational litigation as a visiting assistant professor. That interpretation, Kruger reasoned, is more consistent with both the text of the statute and the California legislature’s intent in enacting the law. Following the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Roati. and non-U.S. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 147.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Maryland Appellate Court Affirmed Ruling for Baltimore in Case Seeking Correspondence and Agreements Related to City’s Climate Case.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

Different Voices, Different Interpretations. “ ‘Defund the police’ means reallocating or redirecting funding away from the police department to other government agencies funded by the local municipality,” writes University of Maryland sociologist Rashawn Ray in a June 2020 Brookings Institution blog post. It’s that simple.”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. and non-U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 11, 2024

The state statute under § 6.87(2) The statute first sets forth in two sentences what the voter must certify on the ballot envelope. In the court’s opinion , Judge Peterson expresses disbelief at the lunacy of the Elias argument, writing: “Normally, the court would begin by searching for other textual clues in the statute.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. s consumer protection statute. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati. and non-U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 21, 2021

And in the process, petitioners seek to determine once and for all the maximum number of times a litigant can use em-dashes in their questions presented : seven. Maryland , 20-101. The developer now urges the court to revisit its open-ended test for assessing regulatory takings under Penn Central Transportation Co. 15 conferences).

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