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New York Law Journal

Levin v. The County of Westchester

'Diligent Prosecution Bar' Prevents Class Suit Claiming Water District's Violation of SDWA
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National Law Journal

Coal Magnate Hits at ACLU Brief Backing HBO Comedian

Attorneys for Robert "Bob" Murray and the Murray Energy Corp. on Monday filed an objection in Marshall County Circuit Court to an amicus brief submitted last week by the West Virginia ACLU in Murray's defamation suit against the late-night comedy show host John Oliver, HBO and Time Warner.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Orange County Water District v. SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC

C.A. 4th; D070553 The Fourth Appellate District affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment and remanded. The court held that a water district was…
5 minute read

The Recorder

Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Pena

9th Cir.; 16-35856 The court of appeals affirmed a district court order. The court held that because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate either serious…
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Magnesium Corp. of America

No Error in Finding Bidder Good Faith Buyer Of Part Interest in Adversary Suit's Judgment
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Petrobras Seeks Circuit Review of Decision on Class Status

Attorneys for Brazilian energy giant Petrobras are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sec-ond Circuit to reconsider its order that would largely have allowed the class action suit against it to proceed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Envt'l Def. Found. v. Commonwealth, PICS Case No. 17-1119 (Pa. June 20, 2017) Donohue, J.; Baer, J., concurring and dissenting; Saylor, C.J., dissenting. (63 pages).

Fiscal enactments diverting proceeds from sale and lease of public natural resources away from environmental conservation into the general fund violated commonwealth's obligation as trustee, since proceeds from trust assets were required to be returned to corpus of trust or dedicated to trust purposes. Order of the commonwealth court reversed.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Helen Mining Co. v. Elliott, PICS Case No. 17-1049 (3rd Cir. June 14, 2017) Krause, J. (29 pages).

Statute's silence as to inclusion of coal mine operators in benefit entitlement presumption standard meant that federal agencies were empowered to promulgate regulations filling in statutory gap. Order of the Benefits Review Board affirmed.
7 minute read

The Recorder

In Sierra Pacific Appeal, 'Cautionary Tale' for Tweeting Judges

In what it termed a "cautionary tale" about judges posting on social media about pending cases, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday turned back a bid by Sierra Pacific Industries Inc. to unwind a $122 million deal the timber giant reached to settle federal claims that it was liable for the 2007 Moonlight Fire, a blaze that consumed nearly 65,000 acres in the Plumas National Forest.
4 minute read

The Recorder

United States v. Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc.

9th Cir.; 15-15799 The court of appeals affirmed a district court order. The court held that a federal judge’s alleged Twitter activity did not…
3 minute read

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