Conflict of Laws
JULY 5, 2021
Supreme Court decision in March 2021 in Ford vs. Montana now permits the exercise of specific jurisdiction when the claim arises out of or is (sufficiently) “related” to the defendant’s in-state contacts and activities. It was often assumed that the claim must have “arisen out of” the defendant’s forum contacts: what did that mean?
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Montana Federal Court Denied Requests to Stop Work on Keystone Pipeline, Asked for More Briefing on Separation of Powers Issues. In two lawsuits challenging the 2019 Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, the federal district court for the District of Montana denied requests to enjoin work on the pipeline. Bernhardt , No.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Montana Federal Court Found Failure to Take a Hard Look at Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Review of Coal Mine Expansion. The federal district court for the District of Montana found flaws in an updated environmental assessment for a mining plan modification that extended the life of the Spring Creek Mine, a surface coal mine in Montana.
ALPS
AUGUST 11, 2021
So I got to go with a group of friends out over to your neck of the woods in Montana, the Trail of the Hiawatha and the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes and got to get some cycling in, which was just really wonderful. Where it’s like, “Oh my gosh, that torts professor’s a real person.” BREE: Yeah.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Montana Federal Court Allowed Some Coal Mining Activity to Take Place While Federal Agency Completed Required NEPA Review. The company said the injunction would “[i]n a matter of weeks … cause severe consequences to the mine and its employees, in an area of Montana that can ill-afford economic displacement.” CP18-5 (FERC Oct.
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