ELR Citation: 51 ELR 20173
No(s). 20-cv-14243 (D.N.J. Sep 8, 2021) (Vazquez, J.)

A district court remanded to state court a climate liability lawsuit brought by the city of Hoboken, New Jersey, against large oil and gas companies. The city filed suit in state court, alleging the companies' decades-long campaign to downplay the effect of fossil fuel usage on climate change had damaged the city and its residents through the effects of global warming. The companies removed the suit to federal court based on federal question jurisdiction, original jurisdiction pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the federal officer removal statute, federal enclave jurisdiction, and Class Action Fairness Act jurisdiction, and the city moved to remand back to state court. The court found that none of the companies' bases for federal jurisdiction were sound, and granted the city's motion to remand.