federal-agency-authority

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18-1587 Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC v. Cowpasture River Preservation Association, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-06-27 Judgment Issued Amici (1) appalachian-trail federal-agency-authority federal-land-management federal-lands forest-service-authority mineral-leasing-act national-park-system national-trails-system-act pipeline-right-of-way rights-of-way Whether the Forest Service has the authority under the MLA and National Trails System Act to grant rights-of-way through national forest lands that th…
18-206 Craig Cunningham v. General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc. Fourth Circuit 2018-08-16 Denied affirmative-defense civil-procedure federal-agency-authority federal-contractor-liability federal-preemption federal-statutes government-contractor-defense jurisdictional-defense separation-of-powers sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation yearsley-defense yearsley-v-w-a-ross Whether the Yearsley defense is a jurisdictional defense or an affirmative defense, and whether it applies to violations of federal law or only state …