At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Supreme Court might open Girardi’s State Bar disciplinary files. The court agreed to hear People ex rel. concerning California’s whistleblower statute. ” The court also granted review in Los Angeles Unified School District v. .”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court judgment rejecting challenges to San Francisco regulations that dictated which taxi medallion holders could pick up passengers at San Francisco International Airport. 1:20-cv-00056 (D.D.C. Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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. 1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. California v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. California , No. 20-1530 (U.S. 29, 2021); North American Coal Corp.

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