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Federal jury awards George Floyd protesters $14M for police excessive force

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A jury for the US District Court for the District of Colorado Friday found that the Denver police used excessive force against protestors during the 2020 George Floyd protests and awarded a $14 million verdict to 12 protestors. Loevy & Loevy filed one of the suits, while the ACLU of Colorado and Arnold & Porter filed the other.

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Justices add one religious-rights case to docket but turn down another

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Supreme Court in 2017, but the justices sent the case back for another look after their ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop , the Colorado case. She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.” The case will be argued sometime next fall. The end of the road for Arlene’s Flowers.

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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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After District Court Declined to Enjoin Coal Company’s Road-Building Activities in Colorado, Tenth Circuit Entered Temporary Injunction. The federal district court for the District of Colorado declined to vacate mining lease modifications that authorized a coal company to undertake road construction in the Sunset Roadless Area in Colorado.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Tenth Circuit Ordered Coal Company to Stop Preparation for Mining in Colorado Roadless Area. The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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A magistrate judge in the federal district court for the District of Colorado recommended that the court grant an underground coal mine operator’s motion to dismiss a Clean Air Act citizen suit that alleged the mine required a Prevention of Significant Deterioration construction permit and a Title V operating permit. 1:20-cv-03817 (D.D.C.