Oil industry loses fourth climate nuisance appeal in a row

July 8, 2020
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit is the latest appellate court to dismiss an oil industry appeal over whether a climate nuisance suit belongs in federal court and not the state court where it was filed, the fourth loss in a row for the sector that is already urging the Supreme Court to intervene and overturn an earlier adverse ruling. A three-judge panel of the court issued a unanimous July 7 opinion in Boulder, et al. v....


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