(January 5, 2021, 2:21 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A number of oil companies asked the U.S. Supreme Court in petitions for writs of certiorari filed Dec. 30 to review rulings by the First and Ninth Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeal that affirmed decisions remanding lawsuits brought by the state of Rhode Island and three municipalities in California, respectively, over damages stemming from increased infrastructure costs resulting from climate change just weeks before oral arguments are scheduled on whether the Fourth Circuit erred when conducting limited review of a remand order in a similar suit....