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Supreme Court Upholds Corporate Personal Jurisdiction Laws

Constitutional Law Reporter

Facts of the Case Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern as a freight-car mechanic for nearly 20 years, first in Ohio, then in Virginia. After he left the company, Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before returning to Virginia. Along the way he was diagnosed with cancer.

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RICO injury, federal jurisdiction, and giving veterans the benefit of the doubt

SCOTUSBlog

Medical Marijuana, represented by Supreme Court veteran Lisa Blatt, petitions for review, arguing that the courts of appeals “are divided on whether economic damages arising from persual injuries … support civil RICO liability.” In reviewing the Veterans Court decision, the U.S. Florida and Moore v.

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Virginia General Assembly approves state-level Voting Rights Act

JURIST

The Virginia General Assembly on Thursday approved a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights Act by a 21-18 vote in the state senate. The bill seeks to restore certain provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act that were gutted by a 2013 Supreme Court decision. All votes in favor of House Bill 1890 came from Democrats.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In its November 17 opinion, the Fourth Circuit found that on remand from the 2018 decision EPA had addressed most of the deficiencies but that supplemental materials from another case called into question EPA assertions about the criteria the Department of Energy and EPA used to support denial. Ergon-West Virginia, Inc.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Federal Court Ordered FOIA Production of CEQ Records Related to NEPA Rulemaking. UK Supreme Court Overturned an Appellate Court Decision, Allowing the Approval Process for a Third Runway at Heathrow International Airport to Move Forward. Bureau of Land Management , No. 4:20-cv-00115 (D. filed Dec.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit said the new issuance of NWP 12 rendered the appeals moot and ordered the district court to dismiss the underlying claim. The Ninth Circuit declined, however, to take a position on whether the underlying cases were moot in their entirety and also declined to vacate any district court decisions. West Virginia v.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The district court found the analysis of greenhouse gas and climate change impacts to be adequate but remanded for consideration of alternatives that did not involve leasing all nominated parcels. The conservation groups’ appeal of the district court decision is still pending, with the opening brief due on July 12. Steele , No.

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