Oil companies ask high court to stay climate nuisance ruling

Oil companies seeking to halt a climate nuisance trial in Maryland state court, which would require their officials to be deposed about their knowledge of climate change risks, are asking the Supreme Court to pause Baltimore’s lawsuit while they appeal the ruling sending the case to state court. The companies in an Oct. 1 stay request ask Chief Justice John Roberts to grant a temporary stay of a federal district court’s order in BP PLC, et al. v. Mayor and...