Legal Opinion
Connecticut v. American Elec. Power Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 21, 2009No. Docket 05-5104-cv, 05-5119-cvPublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETER W. HALL, Circuit Judge:
In 2004, two groups of Plaintiffs, one consisting of eight States and New York City, and the other consisting of three land trusts (collectively “Plaintiffs”), separately sued the same six electric power corporations that own and operate fossil-fuel-fired power plants in twenty states (collectively “Defendants”), seeking abatement of Defendants’ ongoing contributions to the public nuisance of global warming. Plaintiffs claim that global warming, to which Defendants contribute as the “five largest emitters of carbon dioxide in the United States and ... among the…
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