Wash. Officials Immune To Energy Code Suit, 9th Circ. Says

By Rae Ann Varona ( September 9, 2026, 10:42 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a building industry coalition's lawsuit challenging Washington state regulations that discourage natural gas appliances in new construction, holding in a published opinion that the government officials the coalition sued are "shielded by sovereign immunity."...

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