July 18, 2011, Cheryl Hanna: Interesting Article on Conflict Preemption on...
While we all await Judge Murtha’s ruling in the preliminary injunction on the Vermont Yankee lawsuit—really, what is taking so long?—I thought our readers might be interested in the following post on...
View ArticleJuly 19, 2011, Don Kreis: Entergy Wins by Losing on Temporary Injunction
Monday’s much anticipated decision by U.S. District Judge J. Garvan Murtha, denying Entergy’s request for a temporary injunction to keep Vermont Yankee open, contains something for everyone and is,...
View ArticleJuly 19, 2011, Cheryl Hanna: Preliminary Injunction Redux: Read the Footnotes
When my students first begin to study law, they have a tendency to focus on the holding of the case, such as “Preliminary Injunction Denied.” It’s like reading the headlines in a newspaper. But any...
View ArticleJuly 19, 2011, Pat Parenteau: Calling Entergy’s Bluff
At the close of the preliminary injunction hearing on June 23, Entergy attorney Kathleen Sullivan gravely warned Judge Murtha that the company might have to close Vermont Yankee early unless he granted...
View ArticleAug. 5, 2011, Don Kreis: A Ptolemaic Policy Pronouncement from Peter Shumlin?
Editor Anne Galloway of the news web site VTDigger.org recently spent a long day driving around the state with Gov. Shumlin. Among her conclusions after 13 hours of meeting and greeting is that the...
View ArticleSept. 12, 2011, LIVE POST FROM TRIAL: The Longest Afternoon in Courtroom History
Entergy rested after a few brief depositions were admitted, and then the State put on it first witness, Bill Steinhurst, who has been involved with VT energy policy for more than two decades. It took...
View ArticleSept. 13, 2011, Cheryl Hanna: Further Thoughts on the Trial
Neither Professor Parenteau nor I were able to attend the trial today. And it is a bummer that I can’t attend Wednesday either because I would love to see Entergy attorney Kathleen Sullivan’s closing...
View ArticleSept. 16, 2011, Pat Parenteau: The Meaning of Judge Murtha’s Questions
At the close of the trial on Wednesday, Judge Murtha paid obligatory compliments to the lawyers for both sides and then posed a series of provocative questions that must be addressed in post-trial...
View ArticleSept. 16, 2011, Cheryl Hanna: Agreeing with Pat (sort of, but don’t tell him...
Thanks, Pat, for that post on the meaning of Judge Murtha’s questions. I have to agree with you that the judge’s interest at the end of the trial, particularly about Entergy’s possible waiver and...
View ArticleSept. 28, 2011, Don Kreis: Searching for Your Friends at the Vermont Yankee...
A long time ago, during a job interview when I was a law student, the chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court asked me where I saw myself in 10 years. “Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities...
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