ELR Citation: 52 ELR 20124
No(s). 20-1932 (TJK) (D.D.C. Nov 12, 2022) (Kelly, J.)

A district court granted the District of Columbia's motion to remand to state court a consumer protection lawsuit against energy companies. The District sued in state court, arguing the companies knowingly misrepresented the effects of fossil fuel products to consumers through misleading advertisements and biased scientific studies. The companies removed the suit to federal court based on federal common law, Grable doctrine, federal enclave jurisdiction, federal officer removal, Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, diversity jurisdiction, and Class Action Fairness Act grounds. The District moved to remand back to state court. The federal court concluded that the companies failed to show any of these grounds justified removal, and granted the District's motion to remand.