October 7, 2026 8:08 am
(Legal Newsline) — When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments starting Monday in a high-profile case testing whether state and local governments can sue oil companies over climate change, the lawyer at the podium won’t be from the county or city governments that brought the case but from a private firm working on a contingency-fee basis. The case — Suncor ...
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical during oral arguments on Monday over whether energy companies could stop a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in damages over alleged contributions to climate change. The high court heard arguments in Suncor v. Boulder on Monday, a case to determine whether state and local governments can initiate lawsuits against energy ...
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County. Supporters of Suncor and ExxonMobil argue there will be nationwide consequences as a result of this and dozens of other similar cases while some expressed confidence that the court will not allow one county to decide the energy policy ...
(The Center Square) – Coloradans will vote Nov. 3 on an initiative to increase K-12 public education funding by up to 50% over the next 10 years. But opponents argue the measure would do that by overriding the state constitution’s Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights, which refunds surpluses to taxpayers. Colorado is the only state with what is commonly called TABOR. ...
