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October 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The amendments were challenged in a petition filed by 20 states, along with Chicago, Denver, and the District of Columbia, and in a second petition filed by 10 environmental groups. In a FOIA lawsuit brought by Competitive Enterprise Institute, a federal district court in the District of Columbia ruled that the U.S.

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November 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The First Circuit stated that it was “persuaded that to allow review of every alleged ground for removal rejected in the district court’s order would be to allow [the statutory exception allowing review of federal-officer removal] to swallow the general rule prohibiting review” of remand orders. District of Columbia v.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On February 7, 2021, the federal district court for the District of Columbia denied the motion by Red Lake Band, White Earth Band, and other plaintiffs’ for a preliminary injunction in their case challenging U.S. In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos. A20-1071 (Minn. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the pipeline project.