Exxon urges 1st Circuit to continue stay of novel climate case

ExxonMobil is urging a federal appeals court to let stand a district court’s stay of novel Clean Water Act (CWA) climate change litigation, arguing first that the appellate court lacks jurisdiction to review the stay and then saying that if the court finds it has jurisdiction, it should affirm the lower court’s order. The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) “seeks reversal of the district court’s order staying this case under the doctrine of primary jurisdiction. Because this Court lacks appellate jurisdiction...