High Court Again Rejects Climate Venue Claim As Honolulu Appeal Looms

The Supreme Court is rejecting the oil industry’s renewed effort to overturn a federal appeals court decision allowing a climate nuisance suit to proceed in state court, even as the industry is expected to soon ask the justices to overturn a Hawaii Supreme Court’s ruling allowing Honolulu’s nuisance suit to proceed in state courts. Most recently, the Supreme Court Jan. 8 denied granting a petition for a writ of certiorari in American Petroleum Institute, (API) et al. v. Minnesota...