Litigation: Oil industry seeks high court review of more nuisance cases

Days ahead of high-profile Supreme Court oral arguments over a key procedural issue involving local governments’ climate change nuisance cases against oil majors, the industry is filing additional petitions urging the high court to review several similar appellate court decisions. At issue in the case the justices will hear Jan. 19, BP, PLC, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore , is whether appeals courts can consider all issues raised to justify “removal” of a case to federal...