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Environmental & Energy

Jun. 5, 2009

Moving at a Glacial Pace

It remains a mystery why a 2nd Circuit panel that includes Judge Sonia Sotomayor has yet to rule on an important environmental case, writes Norman A. Dupont.

Norman A. Dupont

Of Counsel, Aleshire & Wynder

Email: NDupont@AWAttorneys.com

Georgetown Univ Law Ctr; Washington DC

Newspapers and blogs are filled with potential questions for President Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. One really tough question has been largely overlooked by the press: What happened to the panel decision in State of Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co.? This case has been pending for three years since the date of oral argument, June 7, 2006. By the standards of the 2nd Circuit, this delay is...

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