SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Jane Cummings sued Texas-based Premier Rehab for discriminating based on her disability in violation of the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that Cummings could not seek damages for emotional distress. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. , Kannon Shanmugam argues for Premier Rehab.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

On Friday, the justices agreed to decide whether the Nollan / Dolan test applies to a California man’s challenge to a development fee, or whether – as a California appeals court ruled – the fee is instead immune from such review because it was authorized by legislation. A federal appeals court ruled that Fikre’s case was not moot.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 6, 2021

Democratic National Committee set the path for the six-justice majority of the Supreme Court to reject challenges to two Arizona laws. It marks a major victory for states that seek to innovate or tinker with their election laws — to expand them or to contract them. The court rejected the challenge to Arizona’s laws.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 19, 2021

Now this lack of any limits has allowed a president to pledge that he will pay the salaries of any teachers who knowingly violate their contracts and state law. Biden’s pledge was made after the Texas Supreme Court upheld one of the most cited anti-mask mandates. Even judges are defying such judicial rulings.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In California, Newsom pledged to re-purpose the Texas “heartbeat law” to limit gun rights. Newsom tapped into the liberal rage after the Supreme Court refused to enjoin the Texas law that allows people to sue anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion performed after about six weeks.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

He is also accused of implementing Biden policy changes that removed barriers to migrants, including rescinding the “Stay in Mexico” rule. Some of us have also questioned his integrity , particularly in controversies like the false claims that border agents whipped migrants in Texas.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

In that case, Ann Hopkins was denied a promotion because she was perceived as “pushy” and “too macho,” and the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that the company’s actions violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. It was the first time the court recognized that gender stereotyping qualifies as unlawful sex discrimination.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 6, 2022

The earlier cases in which the court took that unusual step involved Texas’ restrictive anti-abortion law and a religious-liberty claim from a man on death row.). A federal district court in Missouri put the rule on hold for 10 states, while a federal district court in Louisiana did the same for 14 other states.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

That’s because current disclosure of litigation funding relies on a patchwork of state law, court rules, self-reporting, FOIA requests, leaks to journalists, and funding pitches. 29] Notably, they continue to file and litigate in the Western District of Texas; IP Edge, too, has ceased filing in Delaware, per reporting and data. [30]

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Found Deficiencies in Climate Change and Environmental Justice Analyses for Texas LNG Export Terminals. Tennessee Federal Court Allowed Conservation Groups to Proceed with Challenge to TVA Long-Term Contracts.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Second, the court found that EPA “correctly and consistently” interpreted the Clean Air Act to permit both regulation of a source’s hazardous air pollutant emissions under Section 112 and emissions of other pollutants under Section 111(d). Colorado Court Ruled on Venue for Colorado Local Governments’ Climate Change Claims.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

The California federal court said the substantive legal issues in the District of Wyoming case were distinct from the procedural issues at issue in this action. A few days after the California court issued its order, North Dakota and Texas asked the Wyoming federal court to lift a stay that the court had imposed in December 2017.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. The court addressed three narrow issues that remained in one or more of the cases. On October 4 , the federal district court for the Northern District of California vacated the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Two other states—Texas and North Dakota—filed an amicus brief supporting EPA; the petitioners opposed their participation on procedural grounds. The district court ruled that EPA was required to conduct such evaluations in October 2016 and set an expedited schedule for EPA’s compliance. Clean Air Council v. Pruitt , No.

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