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December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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They asserted five causes of action: a claim under NEPA and the Administrative Procedure Act; breaches of the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty, the 1855 Lame Bull Treaty, the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty; and a failure to adhere to the Department of the Interior’s tribal consultation policies.

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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The records included spreadsheets tracking and analyzing comments, draft ANPRM fact sheets, meeting agendas, and emails and meeting invitations regarding CEQ’s process for managing comments. The court concluded that CEQ had not demonstrated it would suffer “a reasonably foreseeable harm” from unredacted production. 3:18-cv-00113 (W.D.

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Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies at 93

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In her interview with the Harvard Business Review after leaving the court, she said that “[i]t’s good if you can get agreement among your colleagues” when drafting opinions. In his memoir, the late Justice John Paul Stevens reported that he believed the court would use the Pennsylvania case as an opportunity to overrule Roe v.

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