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Justices side with Alaska Native corporations in dispute over COVID aid

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Share Alaska Native corporations are eligible for about $500 million in COVID-19 relief money that Congress earmarked for Native American tribes, the Supreme Court ruled Friday. The case required the court to decide whether Alaska Native corporations are “Indian tribes” for the purpose of the 2020 CARES Act.

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US Supreme Court refuses to move California suit against oil companies to federal court

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The US Supreme Court declined Monday to take up an appeal by a group of oil companies challenging a California state court ruling permitting two California cities to sue for damages related to climate change, meaning the case will be heard in state court.

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US Supreme Court hears arguments on CARES funds to Alaskan tribes, permanent residency for non-citizens with temporary status

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Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation involves the distribution of CARES funding to Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs). There are now three types of Alaskan native organizations—regional corporations, village corporations, and federally recognized tribes, also called Alaska native villages. ” Sanchez v.

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Ninth Circuit Holds Berkeley’s Gas Ban Preempted by U.S. Energy Policy & Conservation Act

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Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down a decision in California Restaurant Association v. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. City of Berkeley.

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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Hawaii Court Ruled that Commercial Aquarium Fishing Required Environmental Review. Lawsuit Challenged Development Plan for Portion of National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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In court papers, she was identified only as “L.C.”. Four years later, her case reached the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 opinion by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court ruled in Olmstead v. Federal Election Commission , and he represented an Alaska school board in Morse v.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Ninth Circuit also said the district court had misapplied Section 4 of the ESA by requiring quantitative data that was not available to pinpoint an extinction threshold. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. Louisiana Federal Court Halted Work on Crude Oil Pipeline in Swamp Area. Northern Alaska Environmental Center v.

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