Baltimore’s multimillion-dollar climate change lawsuit against the oil industry will head to the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time.
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Baltimore’s multimillion-dollar climate change lawsuit against the oil industry will head to the U.S. Supreme Court for a second time.
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Read More »May 24, 2022 Comments Off on Md. high court answers for borrower on ‘unique’ damages question
Maryland’s top court faced what one judge called a "unique" case as it answered a federal judge’s question this month regarding the appropriate calculation of damages in Maryland commercial law litigation.
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Read More »May 6, 2022 Comments Off on Big Oil Seeks full 4th Circuit review in Baltimore’s climate change suit
Oil companies urged a full federal appeals court to hear its argument that Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit belongs in federal rather than state court.
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Read More »April 7, 2022 Comments Off on Baltimore’s climate change claim against Big Oil returned to state court
Baltimore’s multimillion-dollar climate change lawsuit against about two dozen fossil fuel companies belongs in state rather than federal court, a U.S. appeals court ruled.
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Read More »October 26, 2021 Comments Off on 4th Circuit upholds conviction in Maryland-based elder abuse scam
A Nigerian who had never been to Maryland was validly tried and convicted in Greenbelt federal court of conspiring to launder money from an online scam that convinced elderly people seeking romance to part with a total of more than ...
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Read More »May 17, 2021 Comments Off on Supreme Court remands Baltimore’s suit against Big Oil to 4th Circuit
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived Big Oil’s bid to have Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against about two dozen fossil fuel companies litigated in federal rather than state court. In a 7-1 decision, the justices ruled that the 4th U.S. ...
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Read More »January 19, 2021 Comments Off on Baltimore, Big Oil wage Supreme Court battle over climate change lawsuit
An attorney for about two dozen fossil fuel companies urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to have Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against Big Oil litigated in federal rather than state court. Kannon K. Shanmugam pressed the justices to rule ...
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Read More »January 6, 2021 Comments Off on Government groups back Baltimore’s high court fight against Big Oil
Groups representing state and local governments are supporting Baltimore in its U.S. Supreme Court fight to ensure the city’s climate change lawsuit against Big Oil is heard in state rather the federal court. In a brief filed with the justices ...
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Read More »November 25, 2020 Comments Off on Baltimore’s claim against Big Oil should be in U.S. court, businesses say
Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against Big Oil should be heard in federal rather than state court, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the U.S. Supreme Court this week in expressing support for the fossil fuel companies’ appeal. In papers filed ...
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Read More »October 2, 2020 Comments Off on Justices will hear Big Oil’s bid to move Baltimore suit to U.S. court
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Big Oil’s bid to have Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit against the fossil fuel companies litigated in federal rather than state court. In an order Friday, the justices said they will review the companies’ argument ...
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