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Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On November 22, 2022, sixteen municipalities of Puerto Rico filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in Puerto Rico seeking to hold coal, oil, and gas companies liable for losses resulting from storms during the 2017 hurricane season and ongoing economic losses since that time. In Municipalities of Puerto Rico v.

Litigation

Litigation Litigating Cause of Action Punitive Damages

Justices side with Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board in public records dispute

SCOTUSBlog

MAY 15, 2023

Share Thursday’s decision in Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Ignoring the threshold questions on which the court had not granted review and applying a longstanding clear-statement rule, a near-unanimous court ruled in favor of Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board.

Statute

Statute Finance Government Cause of Action

Paralegal Brief

Municipalities of Puerto Rico v. Exxon: a unique class action against fossil fuel companies presses for climate accountability in the United States

Justices side with Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board in public records dispute

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