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Organic Farmers vs. Monsanto: Final Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Crops from GMO Contamination
2013-12-24 18:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Last week, the Public Patent Foundation filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) et al v. Monsanto, in the hopes that the highest court in the land would hear and reinstate the case of 73 American organic and conventional family farmers, seed businesses and public advocacy groups that seek protection for America`s farmers from Monsanto`s frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, and their promiscuous genetically engineered pollen...
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PA Supreme Court Finds Parts Act 13 Unconstitutional, Allows Municipalities to Limit Fracking
2013-12-20 17:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an opinion yesterday in the closely-watched case of Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, No. 63 MAP 2012. The case was a challenge filed by several Pennsylvania municipalities against the state legislatures adoption of Act 13. Act 13 sought to eliminate zoning authority from municipalities over oil and gas extraction. Act 13 was passed in 2012 to remove any local barriers to the expansion of drilling and fracking across the state. Provisions...
Supreme Court Dismisses Pork Industry Board Appeal
2013-12-20 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NEW ZEALAND - The Supreme Court has dismissed the Pork Industry Board's appeal which challenged the Ministry for Primary Industries' decision to issue import health standards for pork.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Portions of Shale Drilling Law Unconstitutional
2013-12-19 07:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post-Gazette: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today declared unconstitutional major provisions of the state's Marcellus Shale drilling law, Act 13, including one that allowed gas companies to drill anywhere, overriding local zoning laws. The court's decision, on a 4-2 vote, also sent back to Commonwealth Court challenges by townships and individuals to the Act 13 provisions that would have prevented doctors from telling patients about health impacts related to shale gas development. Voting in the majority...
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Another Victory for Schlichter, Bogard & Denton - U.S. Supreme Court...
2013-12-17 17:46:32| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Another Victory for Schlichter, Bogard & Denton - U.S. Supreme Court Allows Lawsuit Brought by Lockheed Martin 401 Plan Participants to Go Forward as a Class St. Louis, MO December 17, 2013 The Supreme Court today declined to overturn a decision of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals which allows Lockheed employees to bring a class action ... (more)
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