ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Ergon-West Virginia, Inc. The companies filed their brief on November 16, arguing that the Fourth Circuit erred by concluding that it was limited to reviewing removal based on the federal-officer removal statute. 19-2128 (4th Cir. Ninth Circuit Rejected Claim That CEQA Applied to Taxi Rules for Airport Pickups.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2021

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.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

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. Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. West Virginia v. 20-1530 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. 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.

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