Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellants. Victor Marc Sher , SHER EDLING LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joshua S. Lipshutz , Washington, D.C., Anne Champion , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, New York, New York; Ty Kelly , Jonathan Biran , BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants Chevron Corporation and Chevron U.S.A., Inc. John B. Isbister , Jaime W. Luse , TYDINGS & ROSENBERG LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Philip H. Curtis , Nancy G. Milburn , New York, New York, Matthew T. Heartney , John D. Lombardo , ARNOLD & PORTER KAY SCHOLER LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellants BP Products North America Inc., BP P.L.C., and BP America Inc. Craig A. Thompson , VENABLE LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Daniel J. Toal , Jaren Janghorbani , New York, New York, Kannon Shanmugam , PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON, GARRISON LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants Exxon.
Mobil Corporation and ExxonMobil Oil Corporation. David C. Frederick , James M. Webster, III , Brendan J. Crimmins , Grace W. Knofczynski , KELLOGG, HANSEN, TODD, FIGEL & FREDERICK, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.; Daniel B. Levin , Los Angeles, California, Jerome B. Roth , Elizabeth A. Kim , MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP, San Francisco, California, for Shell Oil Company and Royal Dutch Shell, PLC. Warren N. Weaver , Peter Sheehan , WHITEFORD TAYLOR AND PRESTON LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Nathan P. Eimer , Pamela R. Hanebutt , Ryan Walsh , Raphael Janove , EIMER STAHL LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant Citgo Petroleum Corporation. Michael A. Brown , NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP, Baltimore, Maryland; Sean C. Grimsley , Jameson R. Jones , BARTLIT BECK LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Appellants ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips Company. Jonathan Chunwei Su , LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant Phillips 66. Steven M. Bauer , Margaret A. Tough , LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, San Francisco, California, for Appellants ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company, and Phillips 66. Shannon S. Broome , San Francisco, California, Shawn Patrick Regan , New York, New York, Ann Marie Mortimer , HUNTON ANDREWS KURTH LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellants Marathon Petroleum Corp. and Speedway, LLC. Scott Janoe, Houston, Texas, Megan Berge , Emily Wilson , BAKER BOTTS L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant Hess Corp. Michelle N. Lipkowitz , Thomas K. Prevas , SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants Crown Central LLC and Crown Central New Holdings LLC. Kathleen Taylor Sooy , Tracy Ann Roman , Washington, D.C., Honor R. Costello , CROWELL & MORING LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants CNX Resources Corporation, Consol Energy Inc., and Consol Marine Terminals LLC. Matthew K. Edling , SHER EDLING LLP, San Francisco, California; Andre M. Davis , Suzanne Sangree , BALTIMORE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. Steven P. Lehotsky , Michael B. Schon , UNITED STATES CHAMBER LITIGATION CENTER, Washington, D.C.; Peter D. Keisler , C. Frederick Beckner III , Ryan C. Morris , Tobias S. Loss-Eaton , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America. Michael Burger , Susan Kraham , MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS LEGAL SERVICES, INC., New York, New York, for Amici The National League of Cities, The United States Conference of Mayors, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association. Scott L. Nelson , Allison M. Zieve , PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Public Citizen, Inc. Gerson H. Smoger , SMOGER & ASSOCIATES, P.C., Dallas, Texas; Robert S. Peck , CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Amici Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Edward J. Markey. Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, Joshua M. Segal , Special Assistant Attorney General, Steven J. Goldstein , Special Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for Amicus State of Maryland. Xavier Becerra , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, Sacramento, California, for Amicus State of California. William Tong , Attorney General, OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CONNECTICUT, Hartford, Connecticut, for Amicus State of Connecticut. Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW JERSEY, Trenton, New Jersey, for Amicus State of New Jersey. Letitia James , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK, Albany, New York, for Amicus State of New York. Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Salem, Oregon, for Amicus State of Oregon. Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF RHODE ISLAND, Providence, Rhode Island, for Amicus State of Rhode Island. Thomas J. Donovan , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VERMONT, Montpelier, Vermont, for Amicus State of Vermont. Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF WASHINGTON, Olympia, Washington, for Amicus State of Washington. William A. Rossbach , ROSSBACH LAW, PC, Missoula, Montana, for Amici Mario J. Molina , Michael Oppenheimer , Bob Kopp , Friederike Otto , Susanne C. Moser , Donald J. Wuebbles , Gary Griggs , Peter C. Frumhoff , and Kristina Dahl , Peter Huffman , NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Natural Resources Defense Council. Mark A. Griffin , Amy Williams-Derry , Daniel P. Mensher , Alison S. Gaffney , KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P., Seattle, Washington, for Amici Robert Brulle, Center for Climate Integrity, The Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Justin Farrell, Benjamin Franta, Stephan Lewandowsky, Naomi Oreskes, Geoffrey Supran, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Floyd wrote the opinion in which Chief Judge Gregory and Judge Thacker joined.
