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New York sues New Jersey over compact governing Port of New York and New Jersey

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Share This week we highlight cert petitions (and one original action ) that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether New Jersey can withdraw from its Waterfront Commission Compact with New York concerning governance and law enforcement over the Port of New York and New Jersey.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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In an article published in 2014, law professor Thomas Merrill suggested that the Chevron decision was not regarded as a particularly consequential one when it was issued. But in the decades since then, it became one of the most significant rulings on federal administrative law, cited by federal courts more than 18,000 times.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Western District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) final rule establishing an optional new inspection system for hog slaughter establishments. City of New York v. Bernhardt , Nos. 21-4019, 21-4020 (10th Cir.

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