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High Court Rulings Seen Paving Way for Suncor, Exxon to Dodge Climate Suits
Original: Justices Planted Seeds for Suncor, Exxon to Avoid Climate Suits
Bloomberg Law reports that the US Supreme Court's recent decisions have laid groundwork allowing energy giants Suncor and Exxon to fight off climate liability lawsuits. The analysis says justices have created openings for companies to move climate cases out of state courts, where local governments have sought to hold them accountable for climate damages, toward friendlier federal forums.
Why now: The analysis of Supreme Court decisions shaping the outcome of major climate liability litigation against oil companies is drawing attention from legal and climate observers.
Supreme Court of the United StatesSuncor EnergyExxonMobil
Evidence
- Justices Planted Seeds for Suncor, Exxon to Avoid Climate Suits · Bloomberg Law News
- Justices Planted Seeds for Suncor, Exxon to Avoid Climate Suits · Bloomberg Law News
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