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. Colorado Federal Court Remanded Local Governments’ Climate Case to State Court. The court also declined to “create a new tort named abusive litigation.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 16, 2025

They contended that it would seem to follow from Apprendi that a jury must find any facts necessary to support a (nonzero) restitution order, and they suggested that the court should take up a lower court ruling to the contrary. Relisted after the Jan. 10 conference.) Ocean State Tactical, LLC v. Relisted after the Jan.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Rhode Island , No. Connecticut Federal Court Granted State’s Motion to Remand Unfair Trade Practices Lawsuit Against Exxon. Among the arguments rejected by the court were claims that the Forest Service’s consideration of the project’s greenhouse gas effects in the final environmental impact statement (EIS) was deficient.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Rhode Island v. Montana and Wyoming Asked Supreme Court to Consider Claims That Washington Impermissibly Blocked Access for Coal Shipments. Swiss Court Ruled that Imminent Danger of Climate Crisis Justified Protesters’ Actions. .); Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.)

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