Eight AGs Filed Amicus Brief in Support of States’ Right to Hold Fossil Fuel Producers Accountable in State Court

JANUARY 29, 2019

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led a coalition of state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of a series of climate liability lawsuits filed by six California counties and cities in an attempt to hold fossil fuel producers accountable for the cost of their actions under state law. In their brief, the attorneys general objected to the fossil fuel companies’ claims that federal law preempted a plaintiff’s legal ability to seek relief under state law.