SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

The Supreme Court wound up granting review in Brown to clarify the interaction of harmless error standards with the rules for collateral review, under which “a federal court may not award habeas relief” unless the state court’s determination that the error was harmless involved an “unreasonable” application of federal law. Maryland , 20-101.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And in any event, the hotel adds, it “has updated its website to state that its hotel is not accessible,” which means that Laufer has “received the information she seeks” and is no longer injured by her failure to receive it. The Biden administration stakes out a middle ground.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

In 2020, parents in Indiana were given a warning in a Facebook post that the Indiana State Police seized holiday edibles featuring packaging that resembles that of actual name brands — but with the word “medicated” printed on the wrapper along with cannabis symbols. His negligence is also likely attributable to the employer.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In 2020, parents in Indiana were given a warning in a Facebook post that the Indiana State Police seized holiday edibles featuring packaging that resembles that of actual name brands — but with the word “medicated” printed on the wrapper along with cannabis symbols. His negligence is also likely attributable to the employer.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd. and Community Financial Services Association of America, Ltd. Two financial associations sued the CFPB after the agency issued a rule cracking down on payday lenders. Raiders, a Pennsylvania-based company, insured a yacht with Great Lakes. On appeal, 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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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 31, 2021

However, not surprisingly in our age of rage, there has been a slew of defamation claims raised from leading lawyers to universities to academics to police officers to the Dominion company to Sarah Palin to Jerry Falwell Jr. However, it is the language on the association that could prove a tad tricky. National Rifle Association v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When Kelly revealed that they were actually supporters of Trump, things got ugly fast with an eventual bar fight. On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. If they are found 51 percent at fault, they are barred entirely from recovery.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 7, 2021

States and Coal Company Sought Review of D.C. The first petition was filed by West Virginia and 18 other states that had intervened to defend the repeal and replacement rule, known as the Affordable Clean Energy rule. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

State of Washington ex rel. After the developers terminated the Keystone XL pipeline project, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 16, 2021 dismissed for lack of jurisdiction an appeal of the district court’s denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction barring work on the pipeline. Haskell v. 98719-0 (Wash. July 15, 2021).

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2022

Below is my column in the Hill on the NLRB complaint against Whole Foods to force the company to allow workers to wear Black Lives Matter masks. The company is arguing that such a rule would constitute a violation of its own free speech rights. Some companies like McDonalds require actual uniforms.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

United States , a case involving federal sentencing laws that – at least according to the defendant – turns on whether the word “and” in the federal law at issue means “and” or instead “or.” The justices begin the new term with a dive into the weeds of statutory interpretation in Pulsifer v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. The court also found that the states could establish standing as a result of “special solicitude.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Second Circuit Rejected New York City’s State Law Climate Claims Against Oil Companies. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of New York City’s lawsuit seeking climate change damages from oil companies. The Second Circuit’s decision largely followed the reasoning of the district court’s 2018 decision.

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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. Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, Inc.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2022

attorney in Los Angeles and a second summer as a summer associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson. After graduating from Yale in 2001, she spent a year working as an associate at Jenner & Block in Washington, D.C., United States. During law school, Kruger spent one summer as an intern for the U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 23, 2021

The question is whether it states just enough to avoid sanctions and whether the Trump team wants to seek such sanctions under Rule 11. Other virus and diseases have been associated with areas where they originated like Zika, or Ebola. million, or $1 for every Asian American and Pacific Islander living in the United States.

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