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A tax deadline missed by one day leads to a showdown over equity, jurisdiction – and grammar

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Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluding that tolling is available for a similarly worded tax provision. It will also add to the court’s precedent on the interaction between the law of equity and the technicalities of federal statutes. The issue has split circuits, with the U.S.

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July 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. In re Enbridge Energy, LP , Nos.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Two federal district courts—in Minnesota and the District of Columbia—granted motions to remand cases brought by plaintiffs against the fossil fuel industry. The companies filed an emergency motion for a temporary stay of execution of the remand order on the same day (March 31) that the district court issued the order.

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