American Electric Power Company V Connecticut

Merits briefs brief of petitioners american electric inc.

American electric power company v connecticut.

Argued april 19 2011 decided june 20 2011 in massachusetts v. American electric power company v. And the other utilities argued that the courts should not get involved in the issue. In july 2004 the states of connecticut new york california iowa new jersey rhode island vermont and wisconsin and the city of new york collectively connecticut filed a complaint against american electric power company southern company the tennessee valley authority xcel energy and cinergy collectively american electric.

Epa 549 u. Certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit no. The lawsuit alleged that the utility companies which operate facilities in 21 states are a public nuisance because their carbon dioxide emissions contribute to global warming. American electric power co.

American electric power company inc. American electric power co inc et al. 410 2011 was a united states supreme court case in which the court in an 8 0 decision held that corporations cannot be sued for greenhouse gas emissions ghgs under federal common law primarily because the clean air act caa delegates the management of carbon dioxide and other ghg emissions to the environmental protection. Connecticut case brief rule of law.