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W. Org. Res. Councils, Et Al. V. U.S. Bureau Of Land Mgmt., Sawyer J. Connelly, Sawyer J. Connelly Nov 2022

W. Org. Res. Councils, Et Al. V. U.S. Bureau Of Land Mgmt., Sawyer J. Connelly, Sawyer J. Connelly

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The United States District Court for the District of Montana granted Plaintiffs summary judgment against BLM and the State of Wyoming. The court ruled that BLM violated NEPA and the APA because it failed to consider alternative leasing programs and the broad downstream impacts of coal, oil, and gas leasing in two Powder River Basin resource management plans. This decision followed WORC I & II, in which the court remanded the same plans to BLM to correct deficiencies. Following BLM’s revisions, Plaintiffs again sued in this case, arguing the revisions were still deficient under NEPA.


West Virginia V. Epa, Amanda Spear, Amanda Spear Nov 2022

West Virginia V. Epa, Amanda Spear, Amanda Spear

Public Land & Resources Law Review

The EPA created the Clean Power Plan in an effort to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions generated by coal-fired power plants. The EPA determined that the Best System of Emission Reduction for existing coal-fired power plants included generation shifting methods, meaning a shift from coal to cleaner sources. The Supreme Court held, under the major questions doctrine, that Congress had not intended for the EPA to use generation shifting methods for the Best System of Emission Reduction and that the EPA had exceeded its authority in doing so. This note will explore how the decision may impact administrative …


For Better Or For Worse: The Court's Application Of The Second Montana Exception To United States V. Cooley, Lauren Moose Sep 2022

For Better Or For Worse: The Court's Application Of The Second Montana Exception To United States V. Cooley, Lauren Moose

Montana Law Review

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Resurfacing Sovereignty: Who Regulates Surface Mining In Indian Country After Mcgirt?, Sam J. Carter, Robin M. Rotman Sep 2022

Resurfacing Sovereignty: Who Regulates Surface Mining In Indian Country After Mcgirt?, Sam J. Carter, Robin M. Rotman

Montana Law Review

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Reconsidering Brown V. Gianforte And The Elimination Of The Montana Judicial Nominating Commission, J T Stepleton Sep 2022

Reconsidering Brown V. Gianforte And The Elimination Of The Montana Judicial Nominating Commission, J T Stepleton

Montana Law Review

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Why The Ninth Circuit Works: A Tribute To Judge Sidney R. Thomas, The Honorable Morgan B. Christen Sep 2022

Why The Ninth Circuit Works: A Tribute To Judge Sidney R. Thomas, The Honorable Morgan B. Christen

Montana Law Review

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Reflections On Revenge Porn: Illustrating Why The Legal System Should Adopt A Comprehensive Response To Nonconsensual Pornography In The U.S., Chance Carter Sep 2022

Reflections On Revenge Porn: Illustrating Why The Legal System Should Adopt A Comprehensive Response To Nonconsensual Pornography In The U.S., Chance Carter

Montana Law Review

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A Tribute To The Honorable Charles C. Lovell, The Honorable Beth Baker Sep 2022

A Tribute To The Honorable Charles C. Lovell, The Honorable Beth Baker

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


How Strong Is Armstrong? What To Make Of Montana's Ambiguous Autonomy Rights In A Post-Roe World, Ben Mckee Sep 2022

How Strong Is Armstrong? What To Make Of Montana's Ambiguous Autonomy Rights In A Post-Roe World, Ben Mckee

Montana Law Review

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The Montana Supreme Court – The Statistics, Blake Koemans, Denise Lafontaine Sep 2022

The Montana Supreme Court – The Statistics, Blake Koemans, Denise Lafontaine

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Significant Montana Cases, Victoria Hill, Eric Monroe, Marti A. Liechty Sep 2022

Significant Montana Cases, Victoria Hill, Eric Monroe, Marti A. Liechty

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Preview; Smith V. Charter Communications, Inc., Emily Steinberg Aug 2022

Preview; Smith V. Charter Communications, Inc., Emily Steinberg

Montana Law Review Online

No abstract provided.


Preview; State V. Mefford: Scope Of Consent Searches In A Digitalized World, Spencer Pedemonte Aug 2022

Preview; State V. Mefford: Scope Of Consent Searches In A Digitalized World, Spencer Pedemonte

Montana Law Review Online

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Treaty-Based Climate Change Claims: Litigation Pathways In The Face Of Cultural Devastation, Kirsten D. Gerbatsch Jun 2022

Treaty-Based Climate Change Claims: Litigation Pathways In The Face Of Cultural Devastation, Kirsten D. Gerbatsch

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Do It For The Kids: Protecting Future Generations From Climate Change Impacts And Future Pandemics In Maryland Using An Environmental Rights Amendment, Johanna Adashek Jun 2022

Do It For The Kids: Protecting Future Generations From Climate Change Impacts And Future Pandemics In Maryland Using An Environmental Rights Amendment, Johanna Adashek

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Youth And Indigenous Voices In Climate Justice: Leveraging Best Practices From U.S. And Canadian Litigation, Randall S. Abate Jun 2022

Youth And Indigenous Voices In Climate Justice: Leveraging Best Practices From U.S. And Canadian Litigation, Randall S. Abate

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Water Justice Under The Big Sky: Locating A Human Right To Water In Montana Law, Abigail R. Brown Jun 2022

Water Justice Under The Big Sky: Locating A Human Right To Water In Montana Law, Abigail R. Brown

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Judicial Duty: Interpreting And Enforcing Montanans' Inalienable Right To A Clean And Healthful Environment, Nate Bellinger, Roger Sullivan Jun 2022

A Judicial Duty: Interpreting And Enforcing Montanans' Inalienable Right To A Clean And Healthful Environment, Nate Bellinger, Roger Sullivan

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.


Letter To The Reader Jun 2022

Letter To The Reader

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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Table Of Contents Jun 2022

Table Of Contents

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.


Editors And Staff Members Jun 2022

Editors And Staff Members

Public Land & Resources Law Review

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The Supreme Court's Draft Abortion Decision Overturning Roe V. Wade: How Originalism's Rejection Of Family Formation Rights Undermines The Court's Legitimacy And Destabilizes A Functioning Federal Government, Kari Hong Jun 2022

The Supreme Court's Draft Abortion Decision Overturning Roe V. Wade: How Originalism's Rejection Of Family Formation Rights Undermines The Court's Legitimacy And Destabilizes A Functioning Federal Government, Kari Hong

Montana Law Review Online

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Friends Of The Earth V. Haaland Case Summary, Valan Anthos May 2022

Friends Of The Earth V. Haaland Case Summary, Valan Anthos

Public Land & Resources Law Review

A federal district court vacated the U.S.’s largest offshore oil and gas lease sale ever because of an inadequate NEPA analysis. The court found that the BOEM’s decision to exclude estimations of reductions in foreign oil consumption if no lease took place was arbitrary and capricious.


Preview—Oklahoma V. Castro-Huerta: A Test Of State And Tribal Sovereignty, Genevieve Antonioli Schmit Apr 2022

Preview—Oklahoma V. Castro-Huerta: A Test Of State And Tribal Sovereignty, Genevieve Antonioli Schmit

Public Land & Resources Law Review

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta challenges the reach of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma and tests the settled criminal jurisdiction scheme within Indian Country. On April 27, 2022, beginning at 10:00 a.m. EST., the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument on the sole question of whether a state court has concurrent jurisdiction with a federal court to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. The State of Oklahoma (“Petitioner”) argues that it has concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute such crimes. Castro-Huerta (“Respondent”) argues that the Court should adopt the current understanding that the …


Upper Missouri Waterkeeper V. Epa, Clare Ols Apr 2022

Upper Missouri Waterkeeper V. Epa, Clare Ols

Public Land & Resources Law Review

State water quality standards developed under the Clean Water Act play a key role in curtailing the negative environmental, economic, and human health impacts of water pollution. Under the state water quality regulatory framework, EPA may grant variances to state standards should the state demonstrate the compliance with its standards is infeasible for a certain pollutant discharger or waterbody. Montana DEQ developed a variance for nutrients based on evidence that compliance with those standards would cause economic harm. EPA approved Montana's nutrient pollutant variance, and Upper Missouri Waterkeeper challenged EPA's approval on the grounds that the variance violates the Clean …


Diffusion Of Soft Immigration Law: Evidence From Asylum Adjudication In The Wake Of Matter Of A-B-, Patrick Kennedy Apr 2022

Diffusion Of Soft Immigration Law: Evidence From Asylum Adjudication In The Wake Of Matter Of A-B-, Patrick Kennedy

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bezhigwan Ji-Izhi-Ganawaabandiyang: The Rights Of Nature And Its Jurisdictional Application For Anishinaabe Territories, Kekek Jason Stark Apr 2022

Bezhigwan Ji-Izhi-Ganawaabandiyang: The Rights Of Nature And Its Jurisdictional Application For Anishinaabe Territories, Kekek Jason Stark

Montana Law Review

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Handle With Care: Ford Motor Company V. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court And Its Effect On The Ninth Circuit’S But-For Test, Dimitrios Tsolakidis Apr 2022

Handle With Care: Ford Motor Company V. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court And Its Effect On The Ninth Circuit’S But-For Test, Dimitrios Tsolakidis

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Possibility Of Special Verdicts By Court-Martial Panels, Christopher D. Carrier Apr 2022

The Possibility Of Special Verdicts By Court-Martial Panels, Christopher D. Carrier

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.


State V. Christensen: Criminalizing Medical Malpractice, Spencer Pedemonte Apr 2022

State V. Christensen: Criminalizing Medical Malpractice, Spencer Pedemonte

Montana Law Review

No abstract provided.