ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Washington v. 19-1189 (U.S. filed Sept.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The First Circuit—like the Fourth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits in other climate change cases—concluded that the scope of its appellate review was limited to whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Washington , No. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No. 2CCV-20-0000283 (Haw. 22O152 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The magistrate judge concluded that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations. The court further found that the plaintiffs conceded that venue in Boulder County was not proper for San Miguel under this statute. Trump Administration Did Not Weigh in on Montana and Washington’s Case Against Washington for Blocking Coal Exports.

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