Environmental & Energy
Jun. 18, 2024
State judge rejects bid to pause California's climate lawsuit against big oil companies
The defendants had sought to have the case stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a bid to have similar lawsuits filed in Hawaii dismissed.
An attorney for Chevron Corp. told a San Francisco judge Monday that the state of California's coordinated action accusing a group of the world's biggest oil companies of deceiving the public about the severity of climate crisis should be stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides a bid to dismiss two similar lawsuits filed by city governments in Hawaii. He argued that the lawsuit represented a violation of the oil major's commercial free speech rights.
Both the Calif...
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!
Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)
Already a subscriber?
Sign In