DOJ Plans To Renew Call For Supreme Court To Halt Youth Climate Case

October 15, 2018
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to renew its call for the Supreme Court to halt a novel climate change case brought by 21 youth plaintiffs, just weeks before the long-pending and high-profile matter is scheduled to go to trail in a federal district court in Oregon. The high court this summer rejected a similar request as premature, but DOJ will argue that its forthcoming petition for a writ of certiorari is now ripe because the district court judge...


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