Exxon Seeks To Overturn Landmark High Court Ruling On Citizen Standing

ExxonMobil Corp. is petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn its landmark 2000 ruling backing citizens’ ability to seek civil penalties in enforcement suits -- arguing citizens lack standing because penalties are paid to the U.S. Treasury rather than plaintiffs -- in litigation that could upend decades of caselaw and stifle citizen enforcement. In a petition for certiorari filed March 11, Exxon seeks to overturn a split ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Environment...