Second Circuit Holds New York's Climate Tort Lawsuit in Federal ...

NY Federal Court Throws Out Climate Change Tort Lawsuit ...

The trial court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss the case. On appeal, the Second Circuit easily upheld the dismissal. The appellate court's reasoning ...

Second Circuit Rejects Attempt by New York City to Impose ...

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Oil companies defeat New York City appeal over global warming

A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected New York City's ... Thursday's decision "explains in clear detail why the U.S. climate tort lawsuits ...

June 2024 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

The federal district court for the Southern District of New York granted New York City's motion to remand to state court its action against ...

Second Circuit Rejects New York City's Climate-Change Lawsuit

(Washington, DC)—Earlier today the Second Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that wisely rejected the City of New York's campaign to move ...

Using State Law Before the Glaciers Thaw: Climate Torts After BP v ...

such federal common law exists.129. B. The Second Circuit Erred in “Federalizing” New York City's Claims. Because the Complaint Alleged Violations of State Law ...

Climate Tort Federalism - eCollections @ FIU Law

Second, both the Oakland and the New York City dismissals focus on the federal common lawГs preemption of state law tort claims without examining whether ...

New York City can't use tort law to sue oil companies over climate ...

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New York ruled against New York City in its nuisance lawsuit seeking to hold five oil companies liable ...

2nd Circuit Climate Ruling May Indicate Trouble for Colorado Cases

A decision by a New York-based federal appeals court has raised the prospect that litigation filed by two Colorado counties and the city of ...

Climate Change Litigation – State Tort Cases Move Ahead - JD Supra

The Second Circuit, for example, affirmed a lower court's dismissal of New York City's climate change claims against industry defendants and ...

Impacts of Climate Attribution Science on Tort Litigation

From the plaintiffs' perspective, the fossil fuel defendants' causal role in contributing to the harm marks them as potentially responsible ...

Climate Liability Suits: Is There a Path to Federal Court?

A growing number of cases, however, allege state-law claims against fossil fuel companies in state courts. A key issue that has emerged early in.

Landmark 2nd Circuit Ruling May Open Gates for Climate Cases

In that case, Connecticut v. AEP, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' panel sided with a coalition of eight states, New York City and ...

U.S. Supreme Court Signals Interest in Climate Change Litigation

In Suncor, a group of energy companies have asked the Supreme Court to review the Tenth Circuit's decision holding that federal courts lack ...

Held v. State - Harvard Law Review |

Consequently, Held reveals a viable complement to tort litigation in the fight for climate accountability. It demonstrates how constitutional ...

Chapter 17 CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE COURTS: JURISDICTION ...

find that the Clean Air Act displaces federal common law tort claims against the utilities. ... The plaintiffs argue, as the Second Circuit held, that federal ...

Appeals Court Nixes NYC Climate Lawsuit - Legal Planet

On Friday, the Second Circuit issued an important decision in a lawsuit against the oil industry. New York City had sued the oil companies ...

Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of NYC's Climate Lawsuit ...

The climate litigation campaign was dealt yet another stinging defeat in New York on Thursday after a federal appeals court rejected New ...

Raising the Bar: New Wave of Climate Tort Litigation Blocks State ...

In City of New York and County of San Mateo, federal district court ... Moreover, the Second Circuit reasoned that federal courts have long been.

Second Circuit Tosses New York Climate‐Change‐As ...

In case after case over the past decade, the federal courts have made it clear that nuisance and tort litigation, especially under state law ...