ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Second Circuit agreed with the district court that the plaintiff lacked standing because he failed to allege an injury in fact since he “never explained why he had any legal right to have the document distributed.” Exxon Mobil Corporation moved to dismiss Connecticut’s action on personal jurisdiction grounds (November 13).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Portland, Oregon. Source: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives. Oregon Supreme Court Said Public Trust Doctrine Did Not Impose Obligation to Protect Resources from Climate Change. Supreme Court’s and Rhode Island Supreme Court’s consideration of personal jurisdiction issues in unrelated cases. and non-U.S.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Many criminal defense attorneys and torts attorneys give special thanks for a holiday that can involve copious amounts of alcohol, strained family relations, over-the-hill amateur football players, “Black Friday” sale stampedes , and novice cooks. The result is a horn of plenty for litigators.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague. The court said the writer had already availed himself of the remedy offered by D.C.’s In re Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

The court found that the petitioners—who had argued that excessive consumption of energy and water by short-cycle washers and dryers sold due to the rule would constitute substantial and irreparable harm—did not make a sufficient showing of irreparable injury absent a stay. Washington , No. 22O152 (U.S. May 25, 2021). 3:20-cv-00290 (D.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

The fossil fuel companies’ supplemental brief focused on their argument that federal common law necessarily governed the local governments’ claims because the claims concerned injuries allegedly caused by interstate emissions. King County v. BP p.l.c. , 2:18-cv-00758 (W.D. July 7, 2021). Allco Renewable Energy Ltd. Haaland , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The court then proceeded to conclude that the states had alleged standing, with allegations of particularized and concrete injuries based on loss of proceeds from new leases, as well as from loss of jobs and economic damages. The court also found that the states could establish standing as a result of “special solicitude.” Wild Virginia v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Ninth Circuit therefore reversed the orders of the federal district court for the District of Oregon denying the government’s motions to dismiss and for summary judgment and judgment on the pleadings. Oregon Court Reinstated Clean Energy Ballot Initiatives.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

The Ninth Circuit found that the companies failed to establish irreparable injury with arguments regarding increased litigation burdens, possible inefficiencies, and the possibility that a state court could “irrevocably” adjudicate the plaintiffs’ claims while the appeals were pending. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 20-cv-1815 (D.D.C. 21-8001 (D.C.

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