SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2022
Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Sineneng-Smith , the justices reversed a circuit-court decision that struck down a federal law criminalizing the act of “encourag[ing] or induc[ing]” noncitizens to enter or remain in the United States for financial gain.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. The district court dismissed both, King appealed only the Bivens action, and the U.S.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Alaska Oil & Gas Association v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline. 97182-0 (Wash. County of Butte v.
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.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 2, 2021
Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. King County v. BP p.l.c. , June 28, 2021).
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
APRIL 9, 2021
Maryland Appellate Court Allowed Redaction of Attorney General’s Application to Participate in Special Assistant AG Program. The amicus briefs were filed by American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Manufacturers, the Chamber of Congress of the United States of America, and 18 states, led by Indiana. City of Annapolis v.
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