What is the likelihood that the Supreme Court will take review of EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations?
On Friday, Texas lead a group of states in asking the Supreme Court to hear (and overrule) the DC Circuit case of last year upholding EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gases from stationary sources. A group of industry representatives have joined in asking for Supreme Court review. Given the DC case and Texas’s petition for certiorari, [...] More »
GOP ups attacks on EPA climate rule for power plants
More than 200 U.S. lawmakers, mostly Republicans, urged the Obama administration to pull the plug on greenhouse-gas standards for power plants. More »
Supreme Court may throw out penalty against Southern Union
The Supreme Court will consider throwing out an $18 million penalty against Texas-based Southern Union Co. for illegally storing mercury at a rundown building in Rhode Island. More »
As pipelines multiply, more eminent domain fights likely
If the Texas Supreme Court upholds the jury award, attorneys say it would reinforce the right of landowners to testify in court about the value of their own property, and could ensure that pipeline companies pay something for the diminished value of the so-called “remainder” property that isn’t taken under an easement. More »
Who are the new Rockefellers?
On the 100th anniversary of the ruling that broke up the Standard Oil monopoly, Loren Steffy ponders who would be considered the great oil visionaries of the post-Rockefeller era. Or put another way, who’s the Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of energy? More »
New York City’s push for hybrid taxicabs hits a legal dead end
The Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal of rulings by lower courts that the city did not have the power to set emission rules. The city’s plan, which would have penalized taxi owners who did not use hybrid cars, had been rejected by lower-court judges as a de facto regulation of emissions standards — a power that, under existing laws, belongs to the federal government. (Via New York Times)
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Shell rejected by Supreme Court on $54M drilling award
The case stemmed from Shell’s failure from 1973 to 1985 to pay $750,000 to the owners of rights connected to an Oklahoma lease. In declining to consider tighter restrictions on damages, the justices left intact an Oklahoma state court decision that said the award was within constitutional bounds. (Photo: Valerie Everett/Flickr) More »
Supreme Court grants CERT in Connecticut v. AEP case
Today the Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear an appeal of the Second Circuit’s decision in Connecticut v. AEP. You may recall that this decision caused near hysteria in some business circles because it indicated that there was no barrier to parties suing companies that had contributed to climate change under nuisance theory. The Second [...] More »
Senators hear reasons to close Enron loophole
In June, the Supreme Court ruled in the Jeff Skilling case that the federal honest services statute was unconstitutionally vague. More »
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