10th Circuit Queries Oil Sector’s ‘Removal’ Claims In Climate Nuisance Suit

Appellate judges at May 6 oral argument peppered ExxonMobil’s attorney with questions about the issues they can consider in the oil industry’s appeal of a lower court’s rejection of the industry’s effort to remove a climate change nuisance suit to federal court -- mirroring key venue-related disputes in similar cases across the country. During the arguments, Exxon attorney Kannon K. Shanmugam urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit hearing Boulder County Commissioners, et al. v. Suncor Energy,...