U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Profile

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

300 Quarropas St, White Plains, NY 10601

'They're always wrong': NYC's hired guns cite overturned case as authority for climate change lawsuit

By Daniel Fisher | Tuesday, Jun 19, 2018 @ 9:00am

It was a surprising opening move, to say the least. Arguing for the City of New York in its climate lawsuit against five major oil companies, attorney Michael Pawa cited AEP v. Connecticut, a 2009 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as “persuasive authority” in his clients’ favor.
States against climate change lawsuits ask for dismissal of NYC's

By John O'Brien | Tuesday, Jun 5, 2018 @ 9:00am

NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – The top lawyers of 15 states are again asking a federal judge to reject the legal strategy used by public officials and the private attorneys with whom they’ve teamed to sue the energy industry over alleged effects of climate change.