Civil Litigation,
Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 8, 2018
Plaintiffs may continue with environmental suit against government, 9th Circuit rules
Plaintiffs seeking to hold the U.S. government responsible for allegedly disregarding the threat of carbon dioxide emissions for decades while knowing about serious environmental harms they posed will be able to continue with their unprecedented lawsuit, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Plaintiffs seeking to hold the U.S. government responsible for allegedly disregarding the threat of carbon dioxide emissions for decades while knowing about serious environmental harms they posed will be able to continue with their unprecedented lawsuit, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
In a unanimous opinion written by Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas, the court said that the government acted prematurely when it re...
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