Oil Companies Ask High Court To Decide If Federal Law Rules Climate Change Claims

Mealey's (December 14, 2022, 4:23 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel deepened two circuit splits on issues of removal jurisdiction and “transboundary emissions” and misinterpreted federal law when it affirmed a district court’s order remanding climate change allegations based on claims of nuisance and trespass raised by Rhode Island to state court, a group of oil companies argues in their petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S Supreme Court....