R.I. suit against ‘Big Oil’ to remain in state court after Supreme Court declines case

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THE U.S. SUPREME COURT declined a petion by 21 major fossil fuel companies seeking to move a pending state lawsuit to federal court. Pictured is R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Neronha. / COURTESY R.I. OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a petition by 21 fossil fuel companies seeking to move a case filed against them by former R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin to federal court, paving the way for a trial in R.I. Superior Court.  First filed in 2018 by Kilmartin, the…

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