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This is a brief review of some of the significant environmental (and administrative law decisions) released the past few weeks.
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
Carr, et al. v. Saul and
AMG Capital Management v. Federal Trade Commission.
Carr, et al. v. Saul
In this case, the constitutionality of Social Security Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) hearing disability claims disputes was at issue. More precisely, were these ALJs selected in conformance with the Appointments Clause of the Constitution? A similar issue was litigated in the case of
Lucia v. Securities and Exchange Commission. There, the Court held that many of the agency’s ALJs were not selected in conformance with the Appointment’s Clause. Here, the Court held that this issue could be decided by the courts without compelling the litigants to first exhaust their administrative remedies. Thousands of ALJs are employed by the federal government, and it may take so
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Texas River Authority Gets Venue Win In Harvey Flooding Suit
Law360 (May 11, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT) Four Montgomery County homeowners shouldn t have been joined to an ongoing lawsuit in Harris County with claims that the San Jacinto River Authority s actions during Hurricane Harvey caused flooding and property damage, a Texas appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The river authority had argued that a trial court wrongly brought the Montgomery County plaintiffs into a suit with others whose property was in Harris County, asking the appeals court to find that those claims were improperly joined and should be dismissed or transferred to another venue. The First Court of Appeals in Houston agreed, holding that the Montgomery County property owners failed.
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