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American Electric Power Company v. Connecticut, 564 U.S. 410 (2011), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court, in an 8–0 decision, held that corporations cannot be sued for greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) under federal common law, primarily because the Clean Air Act (CAA) delegates the management of carbon dioxide and other GHG emissions to the Environmental Protection ...
A second case against Sullivan and the energy cooperative's former CEO is still pending related to $100,000 of Sullivan's personal and travel expenses, including several entries that included ...
The Connecticut Supreme Court case stemmed from a suit brought by the Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, The New York Times and The Washington Post in 2002. On October 5, 2009, the United States Supreme Court rejected a request by the diocese for the court to stay or reconsider the Connecticut opinion ordering the release of the documents. [ 61 ]
Connecticut v. ExxonMobil Corp is a climate change litigation case brought on ExxonMobil for seeking profit despite knowing the damages it would produce on the environment. On Monday, September 15, 2020, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil for their products contributed to the emissions that cause global ...
A Connecticut oil and gas trader was convicted on Thursday over a nearly eight-year scheme to bribe officials at Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras so two Connecticut trading companies ...
Sheff v. O'Neill refers to a 1989 lawsuit and the subsequent 1996 Connecticut Supreme Court case (Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn. 1, 678 A.2d 1267) that resulted in a landmark decision regarding civil rights and the right to education. [1] [2] [3] A judge finally approved a settlement of the matter January 10, 2020. [4]
Connecticut Supreme Court: Full case name: Elizabeth Kerrigan et al. v. Commissioner of Public Health et. al. Argued: May 14, 2007: Decided: October 10, 2008: Citation: 289 Conn. 135, 957 A.2d 407, (Conn 2007) Holding; Denying same-sex couples marriage licenses violated the equality and liberty provisions of the Connecticut Constitution. Court ...
The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday ...