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Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

11th Circuit Applies Sackett in Upholding Dismissal of Alleged Wetland Violations

On July 29th, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by environmental groups for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act resulting from the alleged illegal filling of wetlands on Georgia’s coast....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

One Stop Shop: Court Confirms Exclusive Jurisdiction of U.S. Courts of Appeals Over Review of Licensed Hydropower Projects

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In a significant victory for the hydropower industry, last week the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon issued an order in Cascadia Wildlands v. EWEB (Case No. 6:25-00446), reaffirming that the U.S. courts of...more

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Supreme Court sets new rules for Clean Air Act lawsuits

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In Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C., the Supreme Court set out the test for determining the proper venue for judicial review of EPA actions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Challenges to...more

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A SHARP DISSENT: A Review Of The Dissent’s Take On The Supreme Court’s Ruling In McLaughlin.

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In McLaughlin Chiropractic Assocs., Inc. v. McKesson Corp., No. 23-1226, 2025 WL 1716136 (U.S. June 20, 2025), the Supreme Court determined that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to...more

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Supreme Court Undermines Taxpayers’ Due Process Rights

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On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries of the U.S. Tax Court in Collection Due Process (CDP) appeals....more

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Supreme Court Clarifies Venue Requirements for Clean Air Act Actions

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In a pair of closely watched decisions issued on June 18, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court answered a critical procedural question under the Clean Air Act (CAA): is the proper venue for judicial review of U.S. Environmental...more

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Supreme Court Rules Hobbs Act Does Not Bind District Courts to Agency Interpretations

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In a significant ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered its 6-3 opinion in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation, addressing the scope of judicial review under the Hobbs Act. The decision marks a...more

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Supreme Court Interprets the Clean Air Act's Venue Provision in Companion Cases 

Today, the Supreme Court interpreted the Clean Air Act’s venue framework for judicial review of EPA actions. Under 42 U. S. C. §7607(b)(1), “nationally applicable” EPA actions can be challenged only in the D. C. Circuit,...more

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Divisional Court Clarifies Judicial Review Notice Requirements and May Make ODACC Determinations Publicly Available

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The Divisional Court’s recent decision in Gay Co. Ltd. v Sayers Foods Ltd., 2024 ONSC 6123 addressed two noteworthy issues for stakeholders in the Ontario construction industry, particularly industry participants who use the...more

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New Year, New (Proposed) Rules: Updates in the Commercial Division

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Amid the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, and gearing up for the new year, the Commercial Division Advisory Council (the “Advisory Council”) was hard at work in proposing new rule changes. On December 26, 2024, the...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - December 10, 2024

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today: Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, No. 23-583: This case addresses the availability of federal court jurisdiction to review the Secretary of Homeland Security’s...more

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Agency Actions Remain Judicially Unreviewable Where Congress Has Legislated Clear Agency Authority - SCOTUS Today

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In its first decision on the merits in the current term, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court (per Jackson, J.) has held in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas that revocation of an approved visa petition under 8 U.S.C. §1155, based on a...more

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Litigating Arbitration Awards: Federal Courts Decline to Punch the Jurisdictional Ticket

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Over two years ago, the United States Supreme Court divested the federal courts of jurisdiction over all but a few disputes concerning the confirmation or vacation of arbitration awards. Since then, the federal appellate...more

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New York Federal Court Concludes Interim Arbitration Order Is Final and Confirms the Order Requiring Franchisor’s Payments to...

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A federal court in New York recently ruled that an interim arbitration order was final and granted a developer’s petition to confirm the order which required the franchisor to make payments to the developer while the...more

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The Supreme Court Update - April 29, 2024

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in four cases: Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365: This case involves interpretation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act...more

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Federal Trade Commission Goes to the Supreme Court Again, This Time in a Constitutional Challenge

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If you had asked us last week, we would have predicted that the Supreme Court’s momentous AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC decision last year, in which the Court struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s nearly 50-year...more

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The Basics of TTAB Oppositions

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Another person or entity has applied for a trademark at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) that is similar to your trademark. What can you do? One option is to institute an opposition with the...more

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Arbitration Provisions in Colorado Construction Contracts: Implications on Challenges to an Arbitrator’s Jurisdiction

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Many construction contracts include provisions requiring the parties to arbitrate disputes relating to the contract or construction project rather than bringing their claims in a court of law. Often times, the arbitration...more

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U.S. Supreme Court: Courts Can Review Railroad Retirement Board’s Refusal To Reopen Claims

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In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts can review decisions by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board denying claimants’ requests to reopen prior benefits denials. Salinas v. U.S. R.R. Ret. Bd.,...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Board

On February 3, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Salinas v. United States Railroad Retirement Board, No. 19–199, holding that a refusal by the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board to reopen a prior benefits determination is...more

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The Supreme Court - February 3, 2021

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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following three decisions: Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, No. 19-351: In this Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) case, the respondents - heirs of...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week at the Ninth: The FTC (Always) Wins

This week, a divided Ninth Circuit panel holds (with some apparent reluctance) that constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) cannot be brought directly in federal court, but must instead wend their way...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry

Last Week in the Federal Circuit (November 30-December 4): Appellate Jurisdiction Over Agency Orders

Apparently it’s a myth that Thanksgiving turkey makes you sleepy.  We beg to differ, judging from how much time it took us to shake off the food coma.  The Federal Circuit seemingly was in the same boat:  It had a slow...more

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Without Jurisdiction or Authority to Review, California Appellate Court Dismisses Appeal of Trial Court’s Statement of Decision

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Finding that a California trial court’s statement of decision was not a judgment or appealable order, the California Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, having no jurisdiction or authority to review it....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The Wehrum Memo Still Isn’t Final Agency Action

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the petition for rehearing in the “once in, always in” case. It was a one sentence order. Judge Rogers, who dissented from the original panel opinion, dissented from the denial....more

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