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Blocked beachgoers and bankruptcy bills

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Jason Self launches kayaks on public beaches near Trinidad Harbor in California for his kayaking business. The trial court and the California Court of Appeal agreed with the tribe that tribal sovereign immunity barred the suit. Federal Trade Commission. However, two distinct programs govern U.S. Washington. Actavis, Inc. ;

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“Yes” to the Ninth Circuit, but no other straight grants at the weekly conference

At the Lectern

Four years ago, Laettner was removed from the bench by a Commission on Judicial Performance decision the court declined to review. Earlier this week, the Ninth Circuit decided to follow the California Supreme Court’s interpretation of California’s Private Attorneys General Act in Adolph v. PAGA arbitration.

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Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

The Crime Report

In the most recent study, Idaho was singled out as relying almost entirely on penalties and fines to fund its judicial system, even as the state confronts more than $195 million in uncollected court debt. For people caught up in the criminal system, fees simply operate as another layer of punishment on top of fines,” the study said.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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In 2019, the Wyoming federal court stayed these proceedings challenging the Waste Prevention Rule while a challenge to the Trump administration’s repeal of the rule was pending in the federal district court for the Northern District of California. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) exceeded its authority and acted arbitrarily and capriciously.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Supreme Court Agreed to Hear Small Refiners’ Appeal in Renewable Fuel Standard Exemption Case. On January 8, 2021, the U.S. HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Association , No.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule) for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants rested on an erroneous interpretation of the Clean Air Act that barred EPA from considering measures beyond those that apply at and to an individual source. FEATURED CASE. On January 19, 2021, the D.C.