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NYC Climate Change Suit Sinks in Federal Court
New York City cannot litigate its way out of the climate change crisis, a federal judge ruled Thursday, dismissing a lawsuit against oil giants BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell.
Read moreCourt Zaps Subpoena of Attorney Records on Shell Oil
Delivering another defeat to a human-rights case that fell apart at the Supreme Court, the Second Circuit blocked an order Tuesday that would have forced a U.S. law firm to turn over client records.
Read moreChallengers of Iowa Voter ID Law Advance Case
An Iowa judge advanced a challenge Friday to new voting restrictions that, among other things, classify ID cards from Iowa State as an invalid form of voter ID.
Read moreInvestor Can’t Invoke EU Rules in Greek Bond Case, Magistrate Says
An Austrian investor in Greek bonds who is suing Greece over a forced exchange of bonds he purchased into bonds of lower value cannot invoke EU rules for seeking redress in his home country’s courts, a magistrate said on Wednesday.
Read moreJurisdiction Debated in Fight of Okinawa Military Base
Environmental groups told a federal judge Thursday that in order to justify forging ahead with a new military base on Okinawa, the Department of Defense did a cursory job of evaluating effects on the endangered Okinawa dugong.
Read moreHigh Court Says Judges Can Sit on Two Military Panels
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that a presidential appointment to a civilian military review court does not disqualify a judge from continuing to serve on a military criminal appeals panel.
Read moreJustices Take Up Murder Case Involving Tribal Land
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Oklahoma lacked jurisdiction to try a tribe member for murder based on 1866 territorial boundaries establishing a reservation in the eastern part of the state.
Read moreCroatian Prosecution of Oil CEO Suffers New Blow
A magistrate chided Croatia on Wednesday for trying to make Europe’s top court weigh in on Hungary’s refusal to execute an arrest warrant.
Read moreHigh Court OKs Judge’s Wiretaps in Drug Case
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that court orders allowing law enforcement to monitor twin brothers’ cellphone communications were lawful even though the drug-trafficking suspects were still under surveillance when they moved outside the court’s jurisdiction.
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7th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Market Makers’ SEC Petition
The Securities and Exchange Commission did not have jurisdiction over a petition by a number of securities firms claiming the Chicago Board Options Exchange and Nasdaq mischarged them millions of dollars, the Seventh Circuit ruled.
Read more11th Circuit Puts Fuel-Tax Fight in Holding Pattern
If eight Georgia municipalities and one school district want their right to tax aviation fuel memorialized in court, they must wait until the government tries to stop them, the 11th Circuit ruled Tuesday.
Read moreJudge Orders Briefing in Manafort’s Civil Case
Now that Paul Manafort has dropped a bid to quash his criminal indictments in civil court, a federal judge ordered briefing Thursday as to jurisdiction issues over the former Trump campaign chair’s remaining claim.
Read moreBNP Paribas Beats Claims Over Sudanese Genocide
Four years after its aid of U.S.-sanctioned countries like the Sudan resulted in an $8.9 billion fine, BNP Paribas ducked a lawsuit Friday by refugees of the Sudan’s ethnic-cleansing campaign.
Read morePalestine Averts Supreme Court Detour on Bombings
The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider reinstating a $655 million fine against the Palestinian government for a spate of suicide bombings in Israel.
Read moreHeirs to Holocaust Victims Lose Battle Against French Railway
A federal judge ruled that descendants of Holocaust victims accusing France’s national railway of looting property from tens of thousands of Jews bound for concentration camps must bring their case before a French commission before suing in U.S. court.
Read moreSupreme Court Carves Out Appeal in Consolidated Family Feud
Advancing an appeal in a sibling squabble with as many branches as their family tree, the Supreme Court clarified the caselaw Tuesday on consolidated cases.
Read moreHigh Court Grapples With Tribe’s Sovereign Immunity
A Native American tribe that tried to fend off quiet-title claims with sovereign immunity struggled to make their case Wednesday at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read moreKagan Defends Securities Class Actions in State Courts
Telecommunications company Cyan failed Tuesday to have the U.S. Supreme Court quash a securities class action it faces in California.
Read moreMaryland Judge Tosses DACA Challenge
Calling on lawmakers to end the impasse on immigration reform, a federal judge said Monday that courts lack jurisdiction to consider related challenges.
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