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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in February 2022 that federal jurisdiction did not exist over a case brought by a group of Colorado municipalities accusing several energy companies of climate...more
Federal appeals courts in Maryland and Colorado have sent lawsuits seeking to hold energy companies responsible for climate change back to state court even after the U.S. Supreme Court directed the Fourth Circuit to take a...more
In the wake of a recent landmark decision by a federal appellate court in regard to where climate change lawsuits should be litigated, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has provided further guidance as to how...more
On Tuesday, February 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit laid down a ruling in a lawsuit brought by a group of Colorado municipalities accusing several energy companies of climate change-related harm. Alleging...more
In the past four years, state attorneys general or municipalities have brought 21 lawsuits based on state-law claims (e.g., nuisance, trespass, consumer fraud) seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for costs allegedly...more
Big Oil repeatedly remanded to state courts - will SCOTUS come to the rescue? "Oil companies facing suits by state and local governments that want them to bear a share of the cost of responding to the consequences of...more
The Situation: In what may have further muddied the waters of the viability of the recent U.S.-filed state law climate change litigation against industry, a second federal court in San Francisco has granted remand of three of...more
In two decisions released on November 2, 2015, Merrick, et al. v. Diageo Americas Supply, Inc. and Little et al. v. Louisville Gas & Electric Company; PPL Corporation, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit...more