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California Supreme Court Finds County Ordinance Limiting Oil & Gas Development Preempted by State Law

Legal Planet

Last week, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an initiative measure that would have imposed severe restrictions on oil and gas development in Monterey County is preempted by state law and therefore invalid. The decision came in the case of Chevron U.S.A., County of Monterey.

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Retail Electricity Customers Denied Relief from Uri

Energy & the Law

The generators moved for early dismissal of negligence, gross negligence and negligent undertaking causes of action (there were others) on the ground that the causes of action had no basis in law or fact. Under Texas law, they have no legal duty to retail customers. All they do is generate electricity and sell it at wholesale.

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Department of Homeland Security Makes Changes to Immigration Enforcement

National Law Center

The Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) was created in 2002 and is responsible for, among other things, border security, administration, and. The post Department of Homeland Security Makes Changes to Immigration Enforcement appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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Remembering Dale Goble

Legal Planet

Dale Goble, professor of law at University of Idaho, passed this April. As a co-author of Dale’s on our Wildlife Law casebook, I wanted to add my personal recognition of his life and work. When I first started teaching law over 15 years ago, one of my first courses was a Biodiversity Law class. Download as PDF.

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Michael A. Braymer Appointed DEP Chief Counsel

PA Environment Daily

Braymer started his Commonwealth Career as a summer law school intern with the Department of Environmental Protection in the summers of 2000 and 2001. Braymer received his undergraduate degree in History from the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 2002.

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New Ohio Law Reduces Cost and Time for Environmental Cleanups

Ohio Environmental Law

Gap in Ohio Law Left Developers and Businesses with Limited Options. In 2002, the United States Congress, through passage of the federal Brownfields Act, created the “Bona Fide Purchaser Defense” (BFPD) as an amendment to CERCLA (a/k/a “Superfund”) to encourage redevelopment of environmental contaminated property. 168 fills this gap.

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Landowners Vanquished by the Discovery Rule

Energy & the Law

The events: 2002 and 2004: Mustafa and Lahijani purchase land on which the Bash #1 well is located. 2002 : Americo acquires the 1937-era oil and gas lease on the land. Jamie emerged victorious in 1L year at Baylor Law and is a Gray Reed summer associate. The two-year statute of limitations barred the landowners’ claim.

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