Environmental & Energy,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mar. 15, 2019
San Francisco, Oakland take global warming lawsuit to 9th Circuit
Two Bay Area cities are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against five of the world's largest oil companies, seeking to hold them liable for global warming under California's public nuisance laws.
Two Bay Area cities are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against five of the world's largest oil companies, seeking to hold them liable for global warming under California's public nuisance laws.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup threw out the lawsuit last year after the corporate defendants removed the case to federal court.
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