High Court Justices To Consider GOP State Petition To Block Climate Suits

Supreme Court justices are slated to consider a novel petition from Republican-led states seeking to block climate change nuisance suits that Democratic-led states have brought against oil majors, with the justices scheduled to consider the Alabama-led “bill of complaint” at their first conference of the new term on Sept. 30. The litigation, which one attorney has called “highly unusual,” asks the justices to rely on their “original jurisdiction” to oversee interstate disputes and halt the nuisance cases brought by five...