Legal Opinion
Comer v. Murphy Oil USA
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 2009No. 07-60756PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, residents and owners of lands and property along the Mississippi Gulf coast, filed this putative class action in the district court against the named defendants, corporations that have principal offices in other states but are doing business in Mississippi. The plaintiffs allege that defendants’ operation of energy, fossil fuels, and chemical industries in the United States caused the emission of greenhouse gasses that contributed to global warming, viz., the increase in global surface air and water temperatures, that in turn caused a rise in sea levels…
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