Litigation: States, industry urge high court to overturn RFS waiver ruling

Seven Republican-led states and two oil industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to grant a small refiner’s request to overturn an appeals court ruling barring many such refiners from receiving renewable fuel standard (RFS) compliance waivers due to economic hardship. The advocacy comes in separate amicus briefs filed with the high court last week in Hollyfrontier Cheyenne, et al. v. Renewable Fuels Association, et al. , which challenges a January decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for...