SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 4, 2023
But in July, Laufer asked the justices to throw out the case, and invalidate the 1st Circuit’s decision in her favor. If the court ruled on the standing question, he seemed to suggest, it would be issuing “an advisory opinion.”
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
What is most striking however is the coverage in the Washington Post, which reported on the summary affirmance but only quoted supporters for the challenge, including a strikingly misleading take on the lower court ruling upheld by the Supreme Court. I have written about D.C. Absent retrocession, there remains only statehood.
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The Crime Report
JULY 7, 2022
Examine the court rulings and courtroom practices around VIS, and several practical questions arise, argues Bandes. The 1991 Supreme Court ruling in Payne v. Subsequent court decisions have muddied the legal waters on VIS. Is There a Better Way to Hold Harassers Accountable? “We In Booth v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
The case was currently pending before the Fourth Circuit after a federal district court in Maryland held that Maryland law preempted the local law. The appellate court also found that even if the trial court erred, the error was harmless because the State proved both acts beyond a reasonable doubt. Zepeda , No.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 6, 2017
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline. The Minnesota Supreme Court denied petitions for further review of an appellate court decision finding all but one aspect of the environmental review for the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline project to be adequate.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
Justice Sotomayor dissented, writing that she believed the Court’s interpretation would allow defendants to “sidestep” the general bar on appellate review by “shoehorning” a civil rights or federal officer removal argument into their case for removal. District Court Stayed Briefing of Motion to Remand in Annapolis’s Climate Case.
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