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

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Days was a member of the Yale Law faculty for more than three decades and led the Supreme Court and appellate practice at Morrison & Foerster from 1997 to 2011. Even if she had never become a judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg would have been a giant of the legal profession. In June, the court ruled in R.G. &

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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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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 district court scheduled a hearing for April 16, 2020 to consider the defendants’ motion to dismiss or transfer those cases. Williams , No. Richardson v.