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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

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In an article for Woodward Academy, a private school in Georgia that O’Brien attended, he reflected on his early days as a Supreme Court reporter: There was no internet in those days, nor even cable television. In June, the court ruled in R.G. & He served the court while Burger was chief justice.

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February 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit also rejected two arguments by coal companies against the ACE Rule. First, the court found that EPA made and retained the requisite endangerment finding for regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Colorado Court Ruled on Venue for Colorado Local Governments’ Climate Change Claims.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court directed the parties to submit a proposed format for briefing within 30 days. Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a U.S.