Baltimore’s lawsuit against fossil fuel companies is back in state court where it was first filed more than a year ago, but the defendants are still litigating whether the case belongs there. Baltimore U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander issued ...

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Fossil fuel companies will have to ask the Supreme Court to halt an order sending Baltimore’s lawsuit over climate change back to state court. Baltimore filed its lawsuit in Baltimore City Circuit Court last year alleging the companies concealed dangers and ...

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Baltimore’s lawsuit alleging oil companies concealed dangers and misinformed the public about climate change belongs in state court, a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District Judge Ellen L. Hollander issued an order remanding the case because she determined removal to federal court ...

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The defendants in Baltimore’s climate change lawsuit are prepared to vigorously litigate where the case should be heard, asking a federal judge last week to agree to conditionally stay proceedings so they can appeal if she rules the case should be ...

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Baltimore's climate change lawsuit "creates no basis for federal jurisdiction" and should be remanded to state court where it originated, the lawyers for the city argued in a motion filed Tuesday.

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One of the oil companies named in Baltimore's lawsuit over climate change removed the case to U.S. District Court last week, making the same arguments that have gotten other cases around the country into federal courts -- where subsequently they have been dismissed.

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A federal judge has allowed two Maryland jurisdictions suing opioid manufacturers and distributors to move forward with their cases in state court.

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All three Maryland jurisdictions that filed lawsuits in state court against opioid manufacturers and distributors are now in federal court, at least temporarily, where the defendants are fighting to have them remain. Anne Arundel and Prince George’s counties, along with ...

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Maryland jurisdictions suing opioid manufacturers in state court are fighting to stay there as defendants file motions to remove to federal court, where cases are being consolidated in multi-district litigation in Ohio. A handful of Maryland counties have sued the ...

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A handful of jurisdictions in Maryland have filed lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors making substantially similar allegations but they have differed in their choice of forum, with some opting to file in state court and others filing federal actions. ...

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