Exxon Bid To Rehear Texas Air Suit Tests High Court Standing Precedent

Oil giant ExxonMobil is asking a federal appeals court for en banc rehearing of its landmark ruling imposing a record penalty on the firm for Clean Air Act violations at its Baytown, TX, refinery complex, challenging environmentalists’ standing to sue in what may prove to be a major test of recent Supreme Court precedent on the issue. In its Oct. 13 petition for rehearing en banc filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, Exxon...