SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2023

Nineteen other states and the District of Columbia have similar laws. Brownback 22-912 Issue : Whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s judgment bar, which this court has repeatedly said functions in much the same way as the common-law doctrine of res judicata, nevertheless operates to bar claims brought together in the same action.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Four of them – the 2nd, 5th, 6th, and District of Columbia Circuits – have answered in the affirmative. Second, the brief draws an analogy to the Federal Tort Claims Act, which subjects the federal government to certain tort claims “in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual.” Does Klaxon apply?

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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

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. Living Rivers v. Hoffman , No. 4:19-cv-00057 (D.

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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. Sullivan have long limited tort law where it would undermine the first amendment. The Court in cases like New York Times v. Here is the provision : 1708.85. (a)

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