Constitutional Law Reporter
MAY 10, 2023
While the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of “governmental units,” the statute does not refer to Indian tribes in defining that term (or anywhere else). The County sold the home for $40,000, and, consistent with a Minnesota forfeiture statute, kept all proceeds.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
A Hawaii court held that the Hawai‘i Environmental Policy Act requires environmental review for commercial taking of aquarium fish and that Department of Land and Natural Resources issuance and renewal of licenses for commercial aquarium collection without environmental review was invalid and illegal. In Minnesota v. Chevron Corp.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 19, 2023
This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, what level of First Amendment scrutiny applies to a state law governing slogans that appear alongside candidates’ names on the ballot. A federal district court dismissed their lawsuit. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit upheld that dismissal.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JANUARY 13, 2021
1442, or the civil-rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. The district court rejected eight grounds for removal, but the Fourth Circuit concluded its appellate jurisdiction was limited to determining whether the companies properly removed the case under the federal-officer removal statute. Minnesota v. Delaware v.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 7, 2019
The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The New Jersey court also found no basis for Grable jurisdiction, rejecting the companies’ arguments that the City’s claims necessarily raised substantial and actually disputed issues of federal law such as First Amendment issues or issues addressed by federal environmental statutes. Minnesota v. 0:20-cv-01636 (D. Louis area.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 7, 2021
Circuit majority opinion’s interpretation was foreclosed by the statute and violated separation of powers. The states argued that the Supreme Court’s stay of the Clean Power Plan while it was under review by the D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS. The Minnesota Supreme Court adopted the U.S. 20-1530 (U.S. 20-1531 (U.S.
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