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  1. August 26, 2020

    9th Circ. Allows Appeal Before Calif. Climate Suit Remand

    The Ninth Circuit held off on sending suits brought by California cities and counties seeking climate change-related damages to state court so that Chevron and other energy giants can ask for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the matter.

  2. August 21, 2020

    Calif. Communities Fight Delay In Climate Change Litigation

    California cities and counties seeking climate change-related damages have urged the Ninth Circuit not to stay its order returning the case to state court, arguing that the energy company defendants are trying to delay the litigation.

  3. August 04, 2020

    9th Circ. Won't Rethink Remand Of Calif. Climate Suits

    The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday stood by its ruling that fossil fuel companies will have to face suits brought by several California cities and counties seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court.

  4. July 10, 2020

    Energy Giants Tell 9th Circ. To Rethink Climate Suit Remands

    Chevron Corp. and a coalition of energy giants have urged the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a pair of decisions that may force them to face suits by California cities and counties seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court.

  5. May 27, 2020

    5 Takeaways From The 9th Circ.'s Climate Suit Ruling

    The Ninth Circuit's rulings this week that federal law wasn't implicated in litigation seeking to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate-change-related infrastructure damage add to the legal momentum to keep the latest wave of climate torts in state courts. Here are five takeaways from the Ninth Circuit's decisions.

  6. May 26, 2020

    9th Circ. Says Climate Suits Belong In State Court

    Chevron Corp. and other fossil fuel companies may have to face suits by California cities and counties seeking climate change-related infrastructure damages in state court after the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday that the cases don't raise issues of federal law.

  7. May 13, 2020

    Superfund Ruling No Help To Climate Suits, Chevron Says

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that federal Superfund law does not preclude state law claims seeking further cleanup fails to strengthen arguments by Rhode Island and California municipalities that they can pursue climate change-related infrastructure damages from fossil fuel companies, Chevron Corp. said Tuesday.

  8. April 28, 2020

    Superfund Ruling Aids State Climate Suits, Circuit Courts Told

    Rhode Island and California municipalities arguing that they can pursue climate change-related infrastructure damages from fossil fuel companies in state court say their case is bolstered by the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling that federal Superfund law doesn't preclude state law claims seeking further cleanup.

  9. March 25, 2020

    Chevron Urges Courts To Ignore 4th Circ.'s Climate Ruling

    Chevron Corp. has said the Fourth Circuit wrongly concluded that Baltimore's lawsuit seeking to put fossil fuel companies on the hook for climate change belongs in state court and its decision should be ignored by circuit courts weighing similar suits.

  10. March 10, 2020

    RI, Calif. Say 4th Circ. Backs State Court Climate Suits

    Rhode Island and California municipalities on Monday told federal appeals courts that they should heed the Fourth Circuit's ruling that Baltimore's lawsuit seeking to put fossil fuel companies on the hook for climate change belongs in state court.

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