SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 10, 2024

6 rioters win early release, even before key Supreme Court ruling (Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post) Utah, trade groups ask Supreme Court to review oil rail line (Niina H. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Some Jan.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The federal district court for the District of Columbia granted BLM’s and federal officials’ motion for voluntary remand without vacatur of claims that they failed to comply with NEPA in connection with 27 oil and gas leasing decisions across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana between September 2016 and March 2019.

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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. filed Sept.

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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. The court also declined to sever and transfer the land-based portion of the lawsuit.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Ninth Circuit declined to remand with instructions for dismissal of the underlying action and also declined to vacate any district court decisions.

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