SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Maine (an earlier state sovereign immunity case) and District of Columbia v. But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action. It is likely that, as in Alden v. Heller (interpreting the Second Amendment), the majority and dissenting opinions in this case will rely on identical historical evidence.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The federal district court for the District of Columbia cited failures to address climate change as one of the bases for finding that a biological opinion for continued authorization of the Southeast U.S. District of Columbia v. shrimp fisheries in federal waters was arbitrary and capricious. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

On December 22, 2020, the federal district court for the District of Columbia issued an order pursuant to the All Writs Act temporarily enjoining any ground-disturbing work undertaken pursuant to the anticipated approval by the U.S. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore , No. 19-1189 (U.S.).

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Relying on Chevron , the district court rejected that argument, holding that the act clearly authorized industry-funded observers in the herring industry. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld that result, but on a different rationale. In the Supreme Court, the fisheries are represented by former U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Four environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia challenging federal defendants’ decision to hold an offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. Exxon Mobil Corp. , 1:21-cv-04807 (S.D.N.Y.). Environmental Groups Challenged Environmental Review for Offshore Oil and Gas Lease Sale.

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SCOTUSBlog

AUGUST 8, 2023

The ability to issue a universal injunction also effectively gives a single district judge “veto power” over any other pending challenges – of which, in the case of the ghost-guns rule, there are several.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The District of Utah held that the lease suspensions merely maintained the status quo and therefore were not major federal actions subject to NEPA; the conservation groups therefore lacked standing. A lawsuit filed in federal district court in the District of Columbia challenged the U.S. Living Rivers v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The Supreme Court reinstated the teacher’s case, explaining that retaliating against someone who has complained about gender discrimination is “another form of intentional sex discrimination encompassed by” the law’s private cause of action. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to succeed O’Connor.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2020

” The complaint notes that 46 states and the District of Columbia have criminalized the dissemination nude or sexually graphic images. The complaint asserts that “All Defendants knew or should have known that Hill had a reasonable expectation that the material would remain private.” Here is the provision : 1708.85.

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