Environmentalists Resist Exxon Push To Rehear Key Citizen Suit Case

Environmentalists are pushing back against Exxon’s bid for en banc rehearing of a key Clean Air Act citizen enforcement suit by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in a test of Supreme Court standing precedent, arguing that Exxon is trying to create a circuit split with a novel new test for standing in such lawsuits. In their Nov. 10 opposition to Exxon’s rehearing request in Environment Texas Citizen Lobby (ETCL), Inc. v. ExxonMobil Corp. ,...