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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. The plaintiffs asserted a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and requested that the court award them compensatory and punitive damages. 19-2128 (4th Cir. Ninth Circuit Rejected Claim That CEQA Applied to Taxi Rules for Airport Pickups. Adorers of the Blood of Christ v.

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Foreign intelligence surveillance and immigration

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. West Virginia v. The court also called for the views of the solicitor general (a so-called CVSG) in Epic Systems Corp v. 27 and Oct.

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May 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. West Virginia v. EPA’s response to the petitions is due June 3, 2021. 20-1530 (U.S. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp. 20-1531 (U.S.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Murray Energy also moved in the federal district court for the Northern District of West Virginia to amend the order of dismissal with prejudice issued by the court on October 2, 2017. West Virginia v. Both sets of intervenors also said the court should limit any abeyance period to 120 days. 15-1363 (D.C. Jacobson v.

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Free exercise, greenhouse-gas regulation, and a slew of other relists from the long conference

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involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap, are constitutionally excessive. West Virginia v. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v.