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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. Rhode Island , No. Chevron Corp.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Climate Disobedience Action Fund reported that the North Dakota court sentenced an activist who disabled the TransCanada Keystone 1 tar sands pipeline in North Dakota to three years in prison, with two years deferred. The action involved closing valves on pipelines in Washington, Montana, Minnesota, and North Dakota.

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