Oil Industry Declines Supreme Court Appeal In Connecticut Climate Case

The oil industry is declining to seek Supreme Court review of an adverse appellate court decision that allows Connecticut’s climate nuisance suit against the sector to proceed in state court, suggesting that the industry will focus its efforts in the many state courts where similar cases are proceeding after it won a key victory in Delaware. On Jan. 9, the Superior Court of Delaware largely dismissed that state’s suit, Delaware, et al. v. BP America Inc., et al., after...