November 29, 2018
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce threw its support behind Chevron and other oil and gas companies in their appeals before the Ninth Circuit, challenging a decision to remand to state court public nuisance lawsuits lodged by five municipalities who claim the companies significantly contributed to climate change.
November 26, 2018
Dozens of fossil fuel companies have told the Ninth Circuit that federal court is the proper setting for suits lodged by California cities and counties seeking to hold them liable for climate change-related infrastructure damage, arguing that a California federal judge wrongly remanded the cases to state court.
June 07, 2018
Two counties and one city in California said Wednesday that fossil fuel companies are trying to expand their appeal of a lower court's remand of climate change suits to state court to cover grounds that aren't appealable, and urged the Ninth Circuit to limit its review accordingly.