The Supreme Court is backing oil industry arguments on the scope of its appeals challenging a slew of federal district court rulings in climate nuisance suits filed by local and state governments, a decision that likely makes it easier for the industry to keep such suits in federal courts that they view as a favorable venue. In a 7-1 decision issued May 17 in BP PLC, et al.v.Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the justices held that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit "erred" in its March 2020 ruling that said it only had jurisdiction to review one aspect of industry's appeal of an adverse decision remanding Baltimore's climate nuisance case back to Maryland state court, a venue the oil sector opposes for hearing the climate cases.
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