Baltimore Given Until June To File Response To BP’s Climate Change Petition

(April 28, 2020, 2:02 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 24 gave the mayor and City Council of Baltimore a 60-day extension to file a response to BP PLC’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling affirming remand of a climate change lawsuit, rejecting the company’s argument that the respondents should have only 30 days to file a response so a decision on the petition can be rendered before the high court goes on summer recess (BP PLC, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, No. 19-1189, U.S. Sup.)....