[JURIST] The Navajo Nation on Tuesday filed suit [complaint] against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [official website] alleging that water flowing from a punctured mine in Colorado was toxic and “damaged the Nation’s environment, people, and economy.” Specifically, the 48-page complaint alleges that the toxic wastewater contaminated the San Juan River, a river on which…
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the US Justice Department can’t prosecute people who are strictly complying with state medical marijuana laws. In ten consolidated interlocutory appeals and petitions for writs of mandamus arising from three district courts in two states, the court vacated the district court’s orders denying relief to…
A Florida appeals court has upheld a judgment for a smoker’s estate in an Engle progeny case, rejecting arguments by Big Tobacco that federal law implicitly preempts relevant state-law tort claims and what the companies described as an effective ban on selling cigarettes, according to Law360. Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal upheld a jury verdict…
