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#SCOTUS Sides With #Oil Companies in #Louisiana #Coastal Lawsuits
The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move #environmental lawsuits out of #state courts, to friendlier #federal venues.
#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #MarineWildlife #FossilFuels #money
nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/poli…
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •#SCOTUS agreed Friday that #energy companies facing lawsuits over #environmental damage to Louisiana’s #coast from #oil & #gas production can move the challenges from #state courts into friendlier #federal venues.
The ruling is a significant victory for oil companies, led by #Chevron & #ExxonMobil, in their legal battle with #Louisiana state officials over who should pay for the state’s #coastal #erosion. The companies have been supported by the #Trump admin.
#law #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The justices unanimously agreed to allow the #oil companies to fight the lawsuits in #federal court rather than #state court.
“Congress has long authorized federal officers & their agents to remove suits brought against them in state court to federal court,” Justice #ClarenceThomas wrote.
#law #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #PublicHealth #habitats #wildlife #FossilFuels #money
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •The case, #Chevron USA Inc v #Plaquemines Parish, LA, focused on a narrow question: whether the #oil companies could remove cases over #environmental damage from #state to #federal court. But the case has been closely watched by litigants in other #climate lawsuits because state courts are generally thought to be more receptive to people who sue over damages caused by #ClimateChange, including activists & state officials.
#law #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #FossilFuels #money
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“Justice” #ClarenceThomas explained that the #oil company had cleared the bar required to move the case into federal court because the lawsuit dealt with oil production in #Louisiana dating back to WWII, when #Chevron refined crude oil into aviation #gasoline for the #US #military.
He wrote that Chevron had shown that its #wartime production of crude oil related to its wartime aviation-gasoline refining for the military, a #federal priority.
#law #ClimateChange #conservation #PublicHealth
huntingdon
in reply to Nonilex • • •volkris
in reply to huntingdon • • •@huntingdon
I mean, it's pure invention in the sense that all law is invented. But this isn't Thomas's invention. It's a longstanding mechanism for providing a check on states that might try to use their courts inappropriately.
Federal removal is nothing new, and the Court unanimously applied the longstanding rules to this case, pointing out that federal removal covers exactly this sort of situation.
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FurballsNHairballs
in reply to Nonilex • • •Fed court wont do anything for a county..even in a red state, when it concerns climate change.
Trimps judge shoppping network makes that possible.
volkris
in reply to FurballsNHairballs • • •@ChrisHolladay
Trump is not involved in this case.
It's between states and Chevron.
If Trump was involved he might simply drop the case or settle nicely, but since he's not, the prosecution of Chevron continues after this decision.
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FurballsNHairballs
in reply to volkris • • •volkris
in reply to FurballsNHairballs • • •@ChrisHolladay
The Court was unanimous in its decision. Not a single justice said "three dipsticks" got it wrong. Maybe don't fall for the dramatic sensationalized stories so many are telling about the members of the Court.
And yet, they were still not involved in the case itself. They merely pointed out laws dictating the venue where the trial was to be heard.
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FurballsNHairballs
in reply to volkris • • •He appoinred half the judges these idiots sppeal to or file in front of.....5th district in Texas is prime example
volkris
in reply to FurballsNHairballs • • •@ChrisHolladay
And the justices that Trump didn't appoint (with permission of the senators that we elect, mind) agreed that the Trump justices were correct.
So?