Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Matthew F. Pawa (argued), Law Offices of Matthew F. Pawa PC, Newton Centre, MA; Brent Newell , Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, San Francisco, CA; Steve W. Berman , Babara Mahoney , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Seattle, WA; Reed R. Kathrein , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Berkeley, CA; Gary E. Mason , Khushi Desai , The Mason Law Firm, Washington, D.C.; Heather Kendall-Miller , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK; Dennis Reich , Reich & Binstock, Houston, TX; Christopher A. Seeger , Stephen A. Weiss , James A. O'Brien , Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY; Stephen D. Susman , H. Lee Godfrey , Eric J. Mayer , Susman Godfrey LLP, Houston, TX; Terrell W. Oxford , Susman Godfrey LLP, Dallas, TX; Marc M. Seltzer , Susman Godfrey, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Drew D. Hansen , Susman Godfrey LLP, Seattle, WA, for the appellants-plaintiffs.
Jerome C. Roth , Scott W. Coyle , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, San Francisco, CA; Ronald L. Olson , Daniel P. Collins , Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee-defendant Shell Oil Company.
Jonathan D. Hacker , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC; John F. Daum , O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee-defendant ExxonMobil Corporation.
Andrew B. Clubok , Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Susan E. Engel , Joseph Cascio , Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee-defendant ConocoPhillips Company.
Robert Meaows , Tracie J. Renfroe , Jonathan L. Marsh , King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX; Lisa Kobialka , King & Spalding LLP, Redwood City, CA, for appellees-defendants Chevron Corporation and Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
Matthew Heartney , Arnold & Porter LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Philip Curtis , Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, for appellees-defendants BP America, Inc., and BP Products North America, Inc.
Kevin P. O'Brien , Crowell & Morning LLP, San Francisco, CA; Kathleen Taylor Sooy , Scott L. Winkelman , Tracy A. Roman , Crowell & Morning LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee-defendant Peabody Energy Corporation.
William A. Norris , Rex Heinke , Richard K. Welsh , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Paul E. Gutermann , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee-defendant The AES Corporation.
Peter D. Keisler , David T. Buente, Jr. , Quin M. Sorenson , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC; Samuel R. Miller , Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees American Electric Power Company; American Electric Power Service Corporation; and Duke Energy Corporation.
Shawn Patrick Regan , Hunton & Williams LLP, New York, NY; F. William Brownell , Norman W. Fichthorn , Allison D. Wood , Hunton & Williams LLP, Washington, D.C.; Belynda B. Reck , Hunton & Williams LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees-defendants DTE Energy Company; Edison International; MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company; Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; Southern Company.
Thomas A. Rector , Jones Day, San Francisco, CA; Thomas E. Fennell , Michael L. Rice , Jones Day, Dallas, TX; Kevin P. Holewinski , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellee-defendant Xcel Energy, Inc.
Alexandra Walsh , Jeremy Levin , Baker Botts LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellee-defendant Dynegy Holdings, Inc; Reliant Energy, Inc.
Richard O. Faulk , Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Houston, TX, for amici American Chemistry Council, Public Nuisance Fairness Coalition, American Coatings Association, and Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.
Sean H. Donahue , Sean H. Donahue Law Office, Washington, DC; Stephen F. Hinchman , West Bath, ME, for amicus Solar Industry.
Victor E. Schwartz , Phil Goldberg , Christopher E. Appel , Shook, Hardy, & Bacon, LLP, Washington, DC; James A. Henderson, Jr. , Frank B. Ingersoll , Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, for amici National Association of Manufacturers, National Federation of Independent Small Business Legal Center, and American Tort Reform Association.
Tristan L. Duncan , William F. Northrip , Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO; Richard H. Fallon, Jr. Cambridge, MA, for amicus Natso, Inc.
Ellen J. Gleberman , The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., Arlington, VA; Raymond B. Ludwiszewski , Charles H. Haake , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for amicus The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers.
Earl L. Hagstrom , Frederick D. Baker , Kelly Savage Day , Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, San Francisco, CA, for amici Congressman Lamar Smith and Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
John C. Eastman , Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, CA; Anthony T. Caso , Law Office of Anthony T. Caso, Sacramento, CA, for amicus Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.
Daniel J. Popeo , Cory L. Andrews , Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Douglas M. Halsey , David P. Draigh , White & Case LLP, Miami, FL, for amicus Washington Legal Foundation.
R.S. Radford , Damien M. Schiff , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for amicus Pacific Legal Foundation.
Robin C. Conrad , Amar D. Sarwal , National Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Gregory G. Garre , Richard P. Bress , Gabriel K. Bell , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
Opinion by Judge THOMAS; Concurrence by Judge PRO.