ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 23, 2018

Connecticut that the Clean Air Act displaced a federal nuisance claim seeking to enjoin the direct greenhouse gas emissions from a handful of power companies, and the Ninth Circuit found that that holding controlled a separate suit seeking damages from emissions. But the Second Circuit (in Connecticut v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 12, 2023

In total, at least 25 cases have been filed in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai’i, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. The plaintiffs strategically pled state law claims and refrained from adding federal causes of action to their cases.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Congress clearly intended its cause of action for trafficking in confiscated property to discourage non-U.S. Pierucci was indicted for approving bribes paid to Indonesian officials to secure a contract for Alstrom from his office in Windsor, Connecticut (p. courts cannot exercise personal jurisdiction and thus cannot apply U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Developments over the past month in other pending cases seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for contributing to climate change included the following: In Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corporation moved to dismiss Connecticut’s action on personal jurisdiction grounds (November 13). Exxon Mobil Corporation , No.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

That is the allegation of Waterbury, Connecticut police who say that Jason A. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. The trial court granted the motion and dismissed the actions against the manufacturers.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A Connecticut man was thrown off a bridge on Thanksgiving last year after he intervened to protect a woman in an argument with her boyfriend. The Connecticut Post reported that the three fled the bridge but one of them dropped a cellphone at the scene. Rottjer allegedly admitted to police “I did it. I threw him over the bridge.” .

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