Mealey's (November 24, 2020, 1:25 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government and a number of other groups, including 13 states, filed amicus curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 23 in support of energy companies seeking reversal of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ affirmation of a ruling remanding a lawsuit brought by the mayor and city council of Baltimore claiming that the companies violated state law when failing to fully disclose the association between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change on the ground that the action is not subject to federal jurisdiction....