9th Circuit Rejects Rehearing Nuisance Case, DOJ Backs Federal Removal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is rejecting the oil industry’s request to reconsider an adverse panel ruling allowing municipal climate nuisance cases to proceed in state court, while the Justice Department (DOJ) is weighing in with a late filing in a companion lawsuit arguing that such challenges should be heard in federal court. In an Aug 4 order in San Mateo, et al. v. Chevron Corp., et al, the three-judge panel that issued the decision...