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January 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Idaho, filed Dec. 3:20-cv-01086 (W.D.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also granted motions to strike the state law claims pursuant to California’s anti-SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) statute. The court concluded that the forest products company had not pleaded actual malice with the level of specificity required to sustain the state law claims. Resolute Forest Products, Inc.

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