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Montana Supreme Court affirms landmark climate ruling in favor of youth activists

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The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a state law violated the youth plaintiffs’ right to a clean and healthful environment under the state constitution. She further said that the ruling “ignored the fact that Montana has no power to impact the climate.”

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US Supreme Court to hear Quiet Title Act statute of limitations case

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Wilson deals with the QTA’s 12 year statute of limitations for claimants and asks whether the statute of limitations is a jurisdictional rule or a claim-processing rule. The court has twice ruled that the 12 year statute of limitations in the QTA is a jurisdictional rule in Block v. North Dakota and United States v.

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TikTok Wins Prelim. Injunction Halting Montana's Ban On App

Law 360

A Montana federal judge on Thursday granted TikTok and its users' bid to block a new law that would ban the Chinese social media app within the Treasure State's borders, saying the statute oversteps state power and could infringe on the First Amendment.

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The “Buffalo Billion” plan and Montana easement cases

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the statute of limitations in the Quiet Title Act is a jurisdictional rule or a claims-processing rule and whether the government can prosecute wire fraud under a “right to control” theory of property. In Wilkins v. United States.

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US federal judge sides with Tennessee Pride festival in challenge to drag ban

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Representative Zoe Zephyr of Montana, the first trans person elected to the Montana House who made headlines after she was barred from the House floor, attended the festival, stating : The First Amendment rights of individuals wins at the end.

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Justices will analyze statute of limitations in Quiet Title Act

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Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added one new case to its docket for the 2022-23 term, a technical dispute over the binding nature of the statute of limitations for a federal property law. A lower court ruled that the landowners filed their lawsuit too late and that the statute of limitations is jurisdictional.

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A quiet bench on the Quiet Title Act: Justices hold muted debate on statute of limitations

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Those who spoke extensively, however, seem ready to reject the government’s argument that the statute of limitations at issue here is a strict jurisdictional rule, as opposed to a “mere” claims-processing rule, which could be waived in an appropriate case. Rather, i]t was, does the six-year statute apply or does the 12-year statute apply?

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