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Washington v. U.S. Department of Commerce

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Washington
Year
2025
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Washington v. U.S. Department of Commerce

About this case

Filing year
2025
Status
Court granted unopposed motion filed by the government to voluntarily dismiss appeal and vacate district court decision as moot.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Washington
Docket number
25-6881
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Other Statutes and Regulations (US)Constitutional Claims (US) → Other Constitutional Claims (US)
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Appointments ClauseUnited States → Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)United States → Inflation Reduction Act of 2022United States → National Sea Grant College ActUnited States → Separation of Powers DoctrineUnited States → Spending ClauseUnited States → Ultra Vires
At issue
State of Washington's challenge to termination of two awards of federal funding that the State alleged it was “relying on to help communities disproportionately exposed to the adverse effects of climate change become more resilient.”
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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01/28/2026
Court granted unopposed motion filed by the government to voluntarily dismiss appeal and vacate district court decision as moot.
On January 26, the defendants moved to voluntarily dismiss their appeal of the preliminary injunction and requested that the Ninth Circuit vacate the district court’s decision granting the injunction. The defendants said that the State had authorized them to represent that the State consented to dismissal and vacatur. The court granted the motion on January 28.
Motion
12/19/2025
Brief filed by appellants.
Brief

Summary

State of Washington's challenge to termination of two awards of federal funding that the State alleged it was “relying on to help communities disproportionately exposed to the adverse effects of climate change become more resilient.”

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Group
Topics
Risk
Impacted group
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance