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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. On October 8, the District of Wyoming vacated the 2016 rule, with judgment entered on October 23.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The magistrate judge concluded that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations. The court further found that the plaintiffs conceded that venue in Boulder County was not proper for San Miguel under this statute. WildEarth Guardians v. Mountain Coal Co. , 1:20-cv-01342 (D. Coverage of the oral argument is available here.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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).

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Justices won’t intervene in dispute over transgender rights and bathrooms

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corporations can be sued for violations of the Alien Tort Statute, the law on which the Iraqi plaintiffs were relying, at all. And in the second case, Montana and Wyoming v. In August 2020, then-Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall suggested that the justices put CACI’s case on hold until their ruling in Nestle v.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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After the Louisiana federal court issued the nationwide injunction, the federal district court for the District of Wyoming issued a sua sponte order in a separate case challenging the pause on new onshore leasing. On June 30, the Wyoming federal court denied the motions without prejudice, finding that they were “materially moot.”

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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. The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. Wyoming Asked to Intervene to Defend Delisting of Yellowstone Grizzlies. Department of Interior , No.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In Minnesota, the district court granted the State of Minnesota’s motion to remand its case, which asserts state law claims under common law and consumer protection statutes. s consumer protection statute. 24, 2021); Wyoming v. Louisiana v. Biden , No. 2:21-cv-00778 (W.D. Department of Interior , No. 0:21-cv-00056 (D.

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