Second Circuit Climate Change Ruling Affirms Dismissal of State-law Claims
By EsqSocial Corporation 08/04/21
In the past four years, state attorneys general or municipalities have brought 21 lawsuits based on state-law claims (e.g., nuisance, trespass, consumer fraud) seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for costs allegedly resulting from climate change. Of these 21 lawsuits, only the City of New York brought its case in federal court on diversity grounds—the rest were first filed in state court only to be removed to federal court and later remanded to state court in almost every case....
By: King & Spalding