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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 damages caused by climate change.

Case file: https://ago.wv.gov/Documents/Final%20Superfund%20Complaint.pdf

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[-] DinosaurThussy@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

I didn’t even know states could sue other states like that

[-] ThermonuclearEgg@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Recent examples of court cases between states are California v. Texas (2021) challenging the Affordable Care Act after the mandate was reduced to $0 and Pennsylvania v. Texas (2020, dismissed by SCOTUS for lack of standing) challenging the election results.

The federal government can also sue a state or vice versa such as the four cases since 2016 named United States v. Texas.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months 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.

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