Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 17, 2024

93A [Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act], punitive damages. Amicus briefs have been filed by: Washington Legal Foundation Atlantic Legal Foundation Landmark Legal Foundation Montana National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc. At first, a US District Court dismissed the case, which we reported here. of the petition).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Montana Supreme Court Affirmed that Public Service Commission Improperly Rewrote Terms of Solar Project PPA, Including by Eliminating Carbon Adder. The Montana Supreme Court agreed with the district court that the solar project developer was entitled to an agreed-upon rate for energy, a carbon adder, and a 25-year contract term.

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Court Government Compensatory Damages Litigation 72

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Montana Federal Court Denied Requests to Stop Work on Keystone Pipeline, Asked for More Briefing on Separation of Powers Issues. In two lawsuits challenging the 2019 Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, the federal district court for the District of Montana denied requests to enjoin work on the pipeline. Bernhardt , No.

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Cause of Action Court Government Litigation 96

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Montana Federal Court Vacated Approvals for Mining Project. The County seeks compensatory and punitive damages, equitable relief, attorney fees and costs of suit, and disgorgement of profits, as well as recovery for injury or loss sustained as a result of practices barred by the Consumer Protection Act. Haaland , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Montana Federal Court Allowed Some Coal Mining Activity to Take Place While Federal Agency Completed Required NEPA Review. The company said the injunction would “[i]n a matter of weeks … cause severe consequences to the mine and its employees, in an area of Montana that can ill-afford economic displacement.” CP18-5 (FERC Oct.

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