Supreme Court Could Soon Face Plea To Hear Key Climate Tort Appeal

摘要

The Supreme Court could within weeks receive a request to hear an industry or federal government appeal of a key global warming tort nuisance lawsuit as the deadline for seeking high court review of the suit fast approaches.rnUtility industry defendants and the federal government face a July 6 deadline to seek Supreme Court review of State of Connecticut et al. v. American Electric Power (AEP) et al., in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected defendants' efforts to curb a nuisance suit by states seeking abatement of emissions by the power sector. The 2nd Circuit in March rejected a request for rehearing of its earlier ruling ordering a lower court to proceed with the case.