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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

JonathanTurley

The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. ” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed. Many of the crew were from California but the set is in New Mexico. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 – 680.4]. ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ).

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Historical society announces student writing competition winners

At the Lectern

Brook Tylka, who just graduated from Boston University’s law school, won second place, writing “Getting to Tarasoff : A Gender-Based History of Tort Law Doctrine.”. A video of the ceremony is here. Mayeux won the competition 11 years ago.

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Hutchins Family Sues Baldwin and Others For Wrongful Death

JonathanTurley

As previously discussed , there is ample support for such a negligence claim and there will likely be enormous pressure to settle this case.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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WildEarth Guardians filed an appeal in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals of the District of New Mexico’s August 2020 decision rejecting the bulk of WildEarth Guardian’s challenge to three leases for oil and gas development in southeastern New Mexico. The district court upheld, among other things, the U.S.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Group Sought to Challenge Additional Oil and Gas Lease Sales in New Mexico. Diné Citizens Against Ruining the Environment (Diné CARE) filed an unopposed motion to file a supplemental complaint that would challenge additional oil and gas lease sales in the Greater Chaco region in New Mexico. They asserted that the U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. Challenge to Settlement in Utility Rate-Setting Case in New Mexico Cited Failure to Quantify Coal Plant’s Carbon Emission Risks. In re Public Service Company of New Mexico , No. million rate increase. 16-00276-UT (NMPRC Sept.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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WildEarth Guardians and Physicians for Social Responsibility filed a complaint in the federal district court for the District of Columbia challenging BLM’s approval of 2,067 oil and gas leases covering almost two million acres of public lands across five states—Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.