22 US states sue New York over climate law fining fossil fuel companies
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West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, and 21 other states, sued New York Thursday over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute seventy-five billion dollars to a fund to pay for...
  • Belly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Hell, Rhode Island vs. Massachusetts was ruled on in 1838 after going through the lower courts for seven years, starting in 1831, over a border dispute.

    There’s a whole bunch of cases between states going back to the country’s beginning. I’m not a lawyer, though, so I don’t know what the oldest case is between two states is. Then there’s stuff like Dredd Scott vs. Sanford, which was basically Illinois vs. Missouri.