Mealey's (May 28, 2020, 12:25 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on May 26 overturned a federal judge in California’s ruling denying motions to remand filed by California cities claiming that five energy companies withheld information about the burning of fossil fuels and its effect on climate change, ruling that the cities’ public nuisance claim did not arise under federal law (City of Oakland, et al. v. BP PLC, et al., No. 18-16663, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 16644)....