BP P.L.C. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE

No. 19-1189.

141 S.Ct. 1532 (2021)

593 U.S. 230

BP P.L.C. et al., Petitioners v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kannon K. Shanmugam , Washington, DC, for the petitioners.

Brinton Lucas for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Victor M. Sher , San Francisco, CA, for the respondents.

Peter D. Keisler , C. Frederick Beckner III , Sidley Austin LLP, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Thomas G. Hungar , Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher LLP, David C. Frederick , Brendan J. Crimmins , Daniel S. Severson , Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, P.L.L.C., Kannon K. Shanmugam , Counsel of Record, William T. Marks , Tanya S. Manno , E. Garrett West , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Kathleen Taylor Sooy , Tracy A. Roman , Crowell & Moring LLP, Martha Thomsen , Megan Berge , Baker Botts L.L.P., Matthew J. Peters , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC, Theodore V. Wells, Jr. , Daniel J. Toal , Adam P. Savitt , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Philip H. Curtis , Nancy G. Milburn , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Shawn Patrick Regan , Hunton Andrews, Kurth LLP, New York, NY, Matthew T. Heartney , John D. Lombardo , Arnold & Porter, Kaye Scholer LLP, Ann Marie Mortimer , Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, Los Angeles, CA, John B. Isbister , Jaime W. Luse , Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, Michelle N. Lipkowitz , Thomas K. Prevas , Saul Ewing, Arnstein & Lehr LLP, Baltimore, MD, Nathan P. Eimer , Pamela R. Hanebutt , Lisa S. Meyer , Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL, Robert E. Dunn , Eimer Stahl LLP, San Jose, CA, Ryan J. Walsh , Eimer Stahl LLP, Madison, WI, Sean C. Grimsley , Jameson R. Jones , Daniel R. Brody , Bartlit Beck LLP, Denver, CO, Steven M. Bauer , Margaret A. Tough , Latham & Watkins LLP, Shannon S. Broome , Hunton Andrews, Kurth LLP, San Francisco, CA, Scott Janoe , Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX, for petitioners.

Dana P. Moore , Baltimore City Law Department, Baltimore, MD, Victor M. Sher , Matthew K. Edling , Michael Burger , Martin D. Quinones , Quentin C. Karpilow Sher Edling LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.


This case began when Baltimore's mayor and city council sued various energy companies for promoting fossil fuels while allegedly concealing their environmental impacts. But the merits of that claim have nothing to do with this appeal. The only question...

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