Weekly Cases Update Volume 43, Issue 9

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Volume 43, Issue 21

Dominion Transmission, Inc. v. Summers
ELR 2016213-1019(D.C. Cir., )

The D.C. Circuit ordered the Maryland Department of Environment to act on a natural gas company's application to construct a natural gas compressor station in the state. The company applied for and received a certificate of public convenience and necessity from FERC.

Keywords:
Energy (generally), Air pollution
National Ass'n of Manufacturers v. Securities and Exchange Commission
ELR 2016713-cv-635(D.D.C., )

A district court upheld an SEC rule imposing certain disclosure requirements for companies that use "conflict minerals" originating in and around the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Keywords:
Human Rights, Africa
Mann v. National Review, Inc.
ELR 201692012 CA 008263(D.C. Sup. Ct., )

A D.C. court held that a climate scientist may go forward with his defamation suit against a conservative publication and think tank.

Keywords:
Defamation
Beaverhead County Commissioners v. United States Forest Service
ELR 201641O-68-BU-SEH(D. Mont., )

A district court held that the U.S. Forest Service complied with NEPA when it promulgated the land and resource management plan (LRMP) for the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest in Montana.

Keywords:
Beaverhead National Forest, Mont., National forests

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