SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

A federal court in California convicted Hansen of multiple counts of fraud, as well as convincing two of his customers to overstay their visas and participate in his adoption program in violation of the encourage-or-induce statute. Hansen appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. In United States v. Mansfield v.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Brownback , involving whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s “judgment bar,” which bars any claim based on the same subject matter as a dismissed FTCA case, applies when both the actions were originally brought together. Maryland and Napue v. The Supreme Court did not grant review in any new cases since our last installment.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

United States that the Federal Tort Claims Act, through which Congress generally waived the federal government’s sovereign immunity from tort liability, does not extend to service-members’ injuries that “arise out of or are in the course of activity incident” to a person’s active duty service in the military. Maryland , 20-101.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. Brownback , 22-912 Issue : Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s judgment bar, which this court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-law doctrine of res judicata, nevertheless operates to bar claims brought together in the same action.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Yes, the statute really does have a full cite to the opinion in it. Brownback , 22-912 Issue : Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s judgment bar, which this court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-law doctrine of res judicata, nevertheless operates to bar claims brought together in the same action.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

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. Maryland Appellate Court Allowed Redaction of Attorney General’s Application to Participate in Special Assistant AG Program.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

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. 19-1189 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The Court held that the provision used “extension” in its “temporal sense,” but that the statute did not impose a “continuity requirement” and instead allowed small refineries to apply for hardship extensions “at any time.” In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Maryland Appellate Court Said Residents Lacked Standing to Challenge Update to Master Plan. C071785 (Cal.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. The court also dismissed defamation and related state tort claims. In an unpublished decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the U.S.

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