The Crime Report

JUNE 17, 2021

Wyoming legislators are developing two hate crime bills for next year’s legislative session, The Associated Press reported. The delay is especially poignant since the murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard in 1998 prompted at least 47 states have adopted hate crime legislation, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

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Misdemeanor Statute Laws 52

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

California Federal Court Barred BLM from Enforcing Delay of Oil and Natural Gas Waste Prevention Rule; States, Trade Groups Asked Wyoming Court to Expedite Review of Rule and Suspend Deadlines. The court also denied motions to transfer the action to the District of Wyoming, where a challenge to the Waste Prevention Rule is pending.

Court 40

Court Government Laws Litigation 40

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. Conservation Congress v. May 17, 2021).

Court 45

Court Statute Government Litigation 45

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act. holding that the scope of appellate review of remand orders extended beyond review of removal based on the federal-officer removal statute.

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Court Litigation Litigating Government 40