BOARD OF COUNTY COM'RS v. SUNCOR ENERGY (U.S.A.)

No. 19-1330.

965 F.3d 792 (2020)

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF BOULDER COUNTY; Board of County Commissioners of San Miguel County; City of Boulder, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SUNCOR ENERGY (U.S.A.) INC.; Suncor Energy Sales Inc.; Suncor Energy Inc.; Exxon Mobil Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America; Public Citizen, Inc.; The National League of Cities; The U.S. Conference of Mayors; The International Municipal Lawyers Association; Colorado Communities for Climate Action; Natural Resources Defense Council Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed July 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kannon K. Shanmugam , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C. ( William T. Marks , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C.; Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Daniel J. Toal , Jaren Janghorbani , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, New York; Colin G. Harris , Faegre Baker Daniels LLP, Boulder, Colorado; and Hugh Quan Gottschalk , Evan B. Stephenson , Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP, Denver, Colorado, with him on the briefs), for Defendants-Appellants.

Richard Herz , EarthRights International, Washington, D.C. ( Marco Simons , Sean Powers , Michelle Harrison , EarthRights International, Washington, D.C.; David G. Bookbinder , Niskanen Center, Washington, D.C.; and Kevin S. Hannon , The Hannon Law Firm, Denver, Colorado, with him on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Peter D. Keisler , C. Frederick Beckner III , and Ryan C. Morris , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., filed an amicus brief on behalf of Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

W. Eric Pilsk , Sarah M. Keane , Sara V. Mogharabi , and Samantha R. Caravello , Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Denver, Colorado, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Colorado Communities for Climate Action.

Robert S. Peck , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, and the International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Peter Huffman , Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C., filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Scott L. Nelson and Allison M. Zieve , Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, D.C., filed an amicus brief on behalf of Public Citizen.

Before LUCERO, HOLMES, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


This appeal concerns whether federal court is the proper forum for a suit filed in Colorado state court by local governmental entities for the global warming-related damage allegedly caused by oil and gas companies in Colorado. Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil advanced seven bases for federal subject matter jurisdiction in removing...

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