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Alito’s Recusal From a Key Climate Case May Be Too Little, Too Late
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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Justice Samuel Alito decided Monday to sit out one of the most consequential climate change cases to reach the Supreme Court, but legal experts expected continuing ramificatio…
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Justice Samuel Alito will recuse himself from the Supreme Court case over whether Boulder, Colorado, can pursue climate-damages claims against Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy. His decision follows scrutiny of his oil and gas stock holdings and calls for him to step aside; the court offered no explanat…
By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito announced Monday that he will recuse himself from a major climate change-related case the court is set to hear next week, following weeks of pressure from environmental groups that argued he was compromised by his financial holdings in t…
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will no longer participate in a major climate case after facing calls because of his stock holdings in oil companies.
Justice Samuel Alito on Monday recused from a major climate case set to be heard next week, stepping aside with no explanation after previously participating in the vote to take up the dispute. Alito has long held financial interests in the oil and gas sector, and as one of the only justices to own …
Justice Samuel Alito announced Monday he would be recusing himself from a major Supreme Court climate change case a week before oral arguments, after facing pressure from left-wing groups to do so. Alito, who has served on the Supreme Court since 2006 after being appointed by then-President George W…
Despite pushing back on earlier calls to step away from the case for his financial interests in oil companies, the conservative justice issued an about-face only a week before oral arguments.
The Supreme Court on Monday announced that Justice Samuel Alito will not continue to participate in Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County , a significant dispute that will be argued in just one week, on Monday, Oct. 5, the first day of the 2026-27 term .
Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito recused himself from a landmark climate case Monday one week before oral arguments are set to begin. Supreme Court Clerk Scott Harris […]
The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in the major climate change lawsuit between two energy companies and the city and county of Boulder, Colorado.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself Monday from a major climate change case coming up on the court’s docket. Alito’s decision was revealed via a letter issued to the lawyers involved in Suncor Energy Inc. v.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself Monday from a major climate-change case after facing calls to step aside due to stock holdings in oil companies. A letter posted in the case did not specify a reason, but the conservative justice has previously recused himself from…
Decision from conservative justice comes before court hears case on whether fossil-fuel firms deceived US public Supreme court justice Samuel Alito recused himself Monday from a major climate-change case after facing calls to step aside due to stock holdings in oil companies.
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recused himself Monday from a major climate-change case after facing calls to step aside due to stock holdings in oil companies.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not take part in a climate change case involving two oil companies and local governments in Colorado, the court announced Monday, one week before the justices are scheduled to hear arguments.
WASHINGTON — US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not participate in an upcoming case involving a bid by oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for helping fuel climate change, a court official said on Monday.
Justice Samuel Alito has recused himself from an environmental case set to be argued on Monday before the Supreme Court, months after left-leaning groups accused him of a potential conflict. In the case of Suncor Energy Inc. v.
Justice Samuel Alito’s last-minute recusal has shaken up a blockbuster Supreme Court battle that stands to alter the future of climate litigation across the country. The Supreme […]
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