Industry Win In High Court GHG ‘Removal’ Fight May Not Mean Tort Victory

January 28, 2021
If the Supreme Court sides with the oil sector on a key procedural question of whether to “remove” climate nuisance cases filed against it by a slew of state and local governments to federal court, sources say it would be only “round one” in the landmark litigation and no guarantee of the industry’s success in keeping the cases in federal court or fighting the merits of the claims. Instead, a win for oil companies in the pending case Mayor and...


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