{"id":452,"date":"2011-01-10T12:20:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T17:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?p=452"},"modified":"2012-01-31T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T20:21:54","slug":"scotus-denies-petition-for-mandamus-in-5th-circuit-climate-nuisance-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2011\/01\/10\/scotus-denies-petition-for-mandamus-in-5th-circuit-climate-nuisance-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS Denies Petition for Mandamus in 5th Circuit Climate Nuisance Suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Daniel Firger<br \/>\nAssociate Director<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court on January 10 issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/orders\/courtorders\/011011zor.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">order<\/a> denying plaintiffs\u2019 petition for mandamus in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Comer v. Murphy Oil<\/span>, a closely-watched case arising out of damage to Gulf Coast properties as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The order, issued with no comment by the Court, marks the end of a highly unusual appeals process, chronicled by Seth Jaffe on the Law &amp; the Environment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawandenvironment.com\/2010\/06\/articles\/climate-change\/due-process-we-dont-need-no-stinkin-due-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With Comer now effectively dismissed, all eyes are on the Supreme Court\u2019s yet-to-be-scheduled oral argument in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">American Electric Power v. Connecticut<\/span>, a companion case that raises similar questions related to standing and the doctrine of public nuisance (see commentary <a href=\"https:\/\/legalplanet.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/01\/what-to-expect-this-year-in-terms-of-climate-action\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acslaw.org\/acsblog\/node\/17837\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chamberlitigation.com\/american-electric-power-co-et-al-v-connecticut-et-al\">here<\/a>). Notably, however, the respondents in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">AEP<\/span> are states, not private parties (as in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Comer<\/span>). Whatever the Court\u2019s decision in that case, questions may thus remain about the scope and applicability of any holding that addresses itself primarily to the posture of <em>states<\/em> vis-\u00e0-vis climate nuisance litigation. (Justice Kennedy, in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Massachusetts v. EPA<\/span>, held that states are \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar_case?case=16923241216495494762\" target=\"_blank\">entitled to special solicitude<\/a>\u201d in determining whether they have standing to sue).<\/p>\n<p>Also pending, in the 9th Circuit, is plaintiff\u2019s appeal of dismissal in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Native Village of Kivalina v. Exxon Mobil<\/span>, a similar nuisance case. More information on these and other related nuisance suits can be found on CCCL\u2019s Climate Case Chart, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecasechart.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> (PDF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Firger Associate Director The Supreme Court on January 10 issued an order denying plaintiffs\u2019 petition for mandamus in Comer v. Murphy Oil, a closely-watched case arising out of damage to Gulf Coast properties as a result of Hurricane Katrina. 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