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"Appeals court can't rehear Katrina greenhouse-gas suit because of judges' recusals"

"Appeals court can't rehear Katrina greenhouse-gas suit because of judges' recusals": The Times-Picayune of New Orleans today contains an article that begins, "So many members of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals have recused themselves from a rehearing of a lawsuit that charges energy companies with contributing to the effects of Hurricane Katrina by emitting greenhouse gases that the court cannot conduct the rehearing. The result is a victory for the roughly 30 energy companies being sued, for it essentially reinstates the ruling of the U.S. District Court in Mississippi dismissing the case."

My earlier coverage of last Friday's Fifth Circuit order and the accompanying dissents appears at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).