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Supreme Court backs oil companies in climate change lawsuit
The justices said state courts cannot pursue claims against companies acting under federal contracts, sending the oil-production dispute to federal court.
- On Friday, The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that environmental lawsuits against Chevron and ExxonMobil over Louisiana coastal damage must be heard in federal court, citing the companies' wartime crude-oil production for the government.
- Justices agreed 8-0 that Chevron's crude-oil production during the Second World War ties the case to federal duties, as Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the company acted 'under federal officers when it performed its refining duties.'
- Louisiana coastal parishes have filed around 40 environmental lawsuits; in one case, a state jury ordered Chevron to pay $745 million to Plaquemines Parish for wetland restoration, a verdict now in jeopardy.
- JCN President Carrie Severino wrote on X that the ruling thwarts a 'scheme by the climate lobby to weaponize the courts,' ensuring Chevron faces a more neutral federal judge.
- Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from the case due to stock holdings in ConocoPhillips, while agencies warn Louisiana could lose an additional 3,000 square miles of land in the coming decades.
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The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
The Supreme Court is handing a win to oil and gas companies fighting lawsuits over coastal land loss and environmental degradation in Louisiana.
·United States
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High Court Sends La. Pollution Suit To Federal Court
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said that pollution lawsuits against Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron in Louisiana belong in federal court, agreeing with the companies that their World War II-era oil production in the state was federal in nature.
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