Chevron's Request For Rehearing Of Climate Change Ruling Denied By 9th Circuit

Mealey's (August 13, 2020, 10:43 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 12 denied Chevron Corp.'s motion for an en banc rehearing of its May 26 decision to overturn a federal judge in California's ruling denying remand of a climate change lawsuit brought by Oakland and San Francisco on the ground that the cities' public nuisance claim did not arise under federal law (Oakland, et al. v. BP PLC, et al., No. 18-16663, 9th Cir.)....