Baltimore filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the Court should deny oil and gas companies’ petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of the Fourth Circuit’s affirmance of a remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case. Baltimore’s brief said there were three principal reasons why the certiorari petition should be denied. First, Baltimore contended that a “purported circuit split” on the issues of the scope of appellate review of remand orders was “insignificant at best.” Second, Baltimore contended that these issues were “not likely to recur with any frequency.” Third, Baltimore argued that the Fourth Circuit’s interpretation of the removal statute was “consistent with the statutory text and strict limitations Congress has historically placed on appellate review of remand orders.”

City of Baltimore lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change impacts.

BP p.l.c. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

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A set of principles, processes, and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy.

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Baltimore Argued that Supreme Court Should Decline to Review Decision Affirming Remand of Climate Case to State Court

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