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Tree Cutting Dispute Leads to Murder Charges in Florida

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This includes the Montana case of Brice Harper, 24, who gunned down Dan Fredenberg, 40, in his garage. There is an allowance in torts for mistaken self-defense. There was an equally baffling acquittal of a lawyer who shot an elderly farmer armed only with half of a broomstick used to guide his bull. Raymond , 23 Colo.

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 18: Janet Stearns

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So I got to go with a group of friends out over to your neck of the woods in Montana, the Trail of the Hiawatha and the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes and got to get some cycling in, which was just really wonderful. Where it’s like, “Oh my gosh, that torts professor’s a real person.” BREE: Yeah.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana Federal Court Agreed to Consider Keystone XL-Specific Documents and 2012 Biological Opinion in Challenge to Authorization Under Nationwide Permit. The federal district court for the District of Montana granted plaintiffs’ motion to supplement the administrative record in a lawsuit challenging U.S Williams , No. Washington , No.

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November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana Federal Court Allowed Some Coal Mining Activity to Take Place While Federal Agency Completed Required NEPA Review. The company said the injunction would “[i]n a matter of weeks … cause severe consequences to the mine and its employees, in an area of Montana that can ill-afford economic displacement.” CP18-5 (FERC Oct.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

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The court cited Healey’s participation in the AGs United for Clean Power Press Conference in March 2016 and her attendance at a pre-press conference closed-door meeting with a climate change activist and a lawyer with a “well-known global warming litigation practice.”