SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Underscoring the importance of the issue, 24 briefs have been filed by an array of amici , from law enforcement officials to California Governor Gavin Newsom to the homeless advocates the LA Alliance for Human Rights. Department of State v. Munoz and Colindres v. This seems like a likely grant. relisted after the Sept. 8 and Jan. 8 and Jan.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 22, 2021

According to the “Rights of Nature” doctrine, an ecosystem is entitled to legal personhood status and as such, has the right to defend itself in a court of law against harms, including environmental degradation caused by a specific development project or even by climate change. Khan Cement Company v. What are the “Rights of Nature”?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

On December 14, four environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the court to block the Secretary of the Interior and other defendants from approving applications for permit to drill under the lease. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act in March 2019. Bernhardt , No. 1:20-cv-03654 (D.D.C.,

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 15, 2021

In a tense interview, Osbourne became highly defensive (and rather rude) after Sheryl Underwood asked whether she was defending racism in supporting a friend. A Harvard-Harris poll showed recently that 64 percent of Americans now view cancel culture as threatening basic freedoms. However, free speech requires some breathing space.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. The plaintiffs alleged that Peabody (and a number of other fossil fuel companies) caused greenhouse gas emissions that resulted in sea level rise and damage to their property.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. The court concluded that the Freedom of Information Act’s deliberative process privilege shielded the redactions from disclosure. The federal district court for the Northern District of Oklahoma denied non-federal defendants’ motion to dismiss a landowner’s lawsuit claiming that the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. On the same day, the companies filed an application for a stay in the U.S. On September 13, the companies filed an expedited motion for stay pending appeal in the First Circuit.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. The court said defendants had not waived this issue. North Coast Rivers Alliance v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The court again rejected EPA’s argument that the obligation was discretionary as well as the argument that the coal companies that brought the action did not have standing. Company Owner Pleaded Guilty to Using Funds for Carbon Sequestration Study for Personal Use. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP , No. 451962/2016 (N.Y. Oregon Wild v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The district court scheduled a hearing for April 16, 2020 to consider the defendants’ motion to dismiss or transfer those cases. Golden State Environmental Justice Alliance v. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Fourth Circuit Said West Virginia District Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Consider Coal Companies’ Clean Air Act Jobs Study Lawsuit. A day later the federal defendants filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals requesting a stay of the proceedings in the district court.

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