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Update on Chevron Corp. v. The Weinberg Group
What is Chevron Corp. v. The Weinberg Group (D.D.C. 2011), you may ask? That’s what I asked after reading today’s story in the BLT. In September 2011, Magistrate Judge Facciola, of the U.S. District Court in Washington, issued an order compelling the Weinberg Group to produce documents to Chevron. Why didn’t Letters Blogatory report on……
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A Surprisingly Good Day For Moloney & McIntyre In The First Circuit
As we all know, Boston is the hub of the universe, but today it really was true, at least if you’re talking about the universe of US constitutional law. Three major constitutional cases were argued today. I missed the first one, United States v. Pleau (which may not have been a constitutional case, strictly speaking,……
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Moloney & McIntyre File Their Reply Brief
Yesterday Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre filed their reply brief in their appeal of Judge Young’s denial of their motion for leave to intervene and his dismissal of their claims against Attorney General Holder. Much of the brief is taken up with the intervention issue, which is puzzling to me. If I were one of……
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The Government’s Brief in the Belfast Project Case
The government has filed its brief in the appeal Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre took from Judge Young’s decision denying their motion for leave to intervene in Boston College’s attempt to quash the government’s subpoenas for the Belfast Project interviews. The government’s statement of the issues outlines its arguments pretty simply: 1. The intervention issue……
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ACLU Files Amicus Brief in the Belfast Project Case
The ACLU has filed its amicus brief in the Belfast Project appeal. Because of the posture of the case—Moloney and McIntyre have appealed from the denial of their motion for leave to intervene—the ACLU brief focuses on the intervention issue. A few points: The brief does not address the question whether the motion for leave……