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Big Oil to urge Ninth Circuit this week to let federal courts hear cities' climate change lawsuits

By John Sammon | Monday, Feb 3, 2020 @ 7:37am

PASADENA, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is set on Feb. 5 to hear an appeal by oil companies asking it to overturn a ruling in favor of San Mateo and other California cities and counties that let them pursue their climate change lawsuits in state court.
Sides bicker over meaning of SCOTUS ruling ahead of climate change hearing

By John Breslin | Friday, Jan 10, 2020 @ 7:46am

SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) – Final submissions are being made ahead of oral arguments in an appeal by two cities against a federal district court decision to dismiss their public nuisance action against five fossil fuel companies.