ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Charleston, SC filed suit against fossil fuel companies alleging their responsibility for “devastating” climate change impacts. Federal Court in Rhode Island Allowed Failure-to-Adapt Claims to Proceed. In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Agreed to Consider Scope of Appellate Review of Remand Order.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JANUARY 13, 2021

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument on January 19, 2021 in fossil fuel companies’ appeal of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision affirming an order remanding to state court the City of Baltimore’s climate change case against the companies. Rhode Island , No. BP America Inc. , 20-900 (U.S. 20-783 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. On the same day, the companies filed an application for a stay in the U.S. Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

New Jersey Federal Court Remanded Hoboken’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies to State Court. On September 8, 2021, a federal district court in New Jersey granted the City of Hoboken’s motion to remand to state court its climate change lawsuit against oil and gas companies. American Petroleum Institute , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Pipeline Company Voluntarily Dismissed Appeal in Case Challenging South Portland Ordinance. The court found, however, that Mann failed to offer evidence establishing that Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI)—which published one of the blogs—acted with “actual malice.” (The National Review, Inc. State of Washington ex rel.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

Supreme Court denied fossil fuel companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Ninth Circuit’s decision reversing the district court’s 2018 denial of Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change nuisance cases to California state court. North Dakota and Second Coal Company Asked for Review of D.C.

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