The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2017

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District’s exercise of jurisdiction and dismissal on the merits of a headline-grabbing environmental law tort suit against 97 oil and gas companies, seeking to hold those entities responsible for Louisiana’s coastal erosion.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

1331 because the cities’ claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.” Do State Nuisance Claims Related to Climate Change Arise Under Federal Law? the district court found that the Plaintiffs’ claims supported federal question jurisdiction because those state-law claims were “necessarily governed by federal common law.”

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

A panel of the United States Fifth Circuit consisting of Chief Judge Stewart and Judges Jolly and Graves recently issued a per curiam opinion regarding the effect of the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Protection Law (the “Louisiana One-Call Statute”). 14-31046, 2015 U.S. Plains Pipeline, L.P. LEXIS 14337 (5th Cir.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The lawsuit relies on attribution science , which marshals evidence linking such impacts as wildfires, coastal erosion, drought, and heat waves to climate change. These letters reprised previous congressional calls for DOJ action in 2015 and 2016 , which relied heavily on UCS research.

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