article thumbnail

December 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The case was currently pending before the Fourth Circuit after a federal district court in Maryland held that Maryland law preempted the local law. The plaintiffs asserted a violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and requested that the court award them compensatory and punitive damages. 2:20-cv-05627 (E.D.

Court 55
article thumbnail

November 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. Jacobson demanded damages from Clack and NAS “to be determined at trial believed to be in excess of Ten Million Dollars,” plus punitive damages and attorney fees. Jacobson v.

Court 40