3rd Circuit Joins Others In Sending Climate Nuisance Suits To State Court

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit has issued the most recent in a string of appellate court defeats for the oil sector’s campaign to remove climate change nuisance cases to federal court, rather than state courts where they were originally filed. The court’s Aug. 17 ruling -- which concerns nuisance suits brought by Hoboken, NJ, and Delaware -- says the U.S. court system “trusts state courts to hear most cases -- even big, important ones that raise...