SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 17, 2025

Konan sued the USPS under the Federal Tort Claims Act, asserting claims under Texas law for nuisance, tortious interference, conversion, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. First Choice Womens Resource Centers is a New Jersey faith-based nonprofit that provides services to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

The court also denied the motion by Alabama and 18 other states to bring a case against California and four other states directly in the Supreme Court to block a series of lawsuits against fossil fuel producers, saying that those suits impermissibly sought to dictate interstate energy policy through the aggressive use of state-law tort suits.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Rhode Island Federal Court Denied Motion to Stay Remand Order in Rhode Island’s Climate Change Case. Rhode Island v. The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Rhode Island v. Nonprofit Group and Its Board Member Sought to Unseal Records in Attorney General’s Suit Against Exxon. An attorney whose communications with the attorney general’s office the proposed intervenors seek to unseal moved to appear as amicus curiae to oppose intervention. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.)

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

State court proceedings in Rhode Island’s case were put on hold in August pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s and Rhode Island Supreme Court’s consideration of personal jurisdiction issues in unrelated cases. Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co. , No 19-1818 (1st Cir. County of Maui v. Sunoco LP , No.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Rhode Island , No. On May 24, 2021, the mandate issued for the Second Circuit’s judgment affirming dismissal of New York City’s tort law-based case against fossil fuel companies. County of San Mateo , No. 20-884 (U.S. May 24, 2021); Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County , No. 20-783 (U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 2, 2021

In two decisions, a Massachusetts Superior Court denied Exxon Mobil Corporation’s (Exxon’s) motions to dismiss an action brought by the Massachusetts Attorney General asserting that Exxon systematically and intentionally misled investors and consumers about climate change. Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co. ,

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