Maryland Judge Dismisses Baltimore Climate-Change Case

Walter Olson

On July 10, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Videtta A. Brown dismissed a lawsuit by the City of Baltimore seeking damages from 25 oil companies over climate change. The ruling is the latest setback for a long campaign by activist lawyers, foundations, and donors who’ve hoped to use the courts to achieve regulatory objectives that they’ve been unable to win in the federal government’s elected branches, along with financial redistribution on a truly massive scale.

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