Deadlock Lets Suits Proceed

Justice Samuel Alito's recusal leaves eight justices, making a 4-4 split a realistic outcome if the remaining conservatives do not fully align. A deadlock would likely leave the lower-court result intact without creating a nationwide Supreme Court precedent, allowing Boulder, San Miguel County and related plaintiffs to keep pressing state-law claims.

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