American Electric Power Company V Connecticut

Connecticut case brief rule of law.

American electric power company v connecticut.

American electric power company inc. Argued april 19 2011 decided june 20 2011 in massachusetts v. 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. American electric power co inc et al.

Tompkins the federal courts must abide by state decisions. And the other utilities argued that the courts should not get involved in the issue. 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. Certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit no.

American electric power co. American electric power company v. Epa 549 u. Brief for the tennessee valley authority as respondent in support of petitioner brief for respondents connecticut new york california iowa rhode island vermont and the city of new york reply brief for petitioners ame.