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The 21 young plaintiffs leading the most closely watched US climate lawsuit of the last decade face an uncertain legal future, thanks to a federal government victory that threatens to end the case for now.
Judges from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit quashed the case on May 1, accepting a February mandamus bid from the Justice Department asking for the panel to dismiss the lawsuit.
The decision compels Judge Ann Aiken of the US District Court for the District of Oregon to toss the case, which she had resurrected last year under an amended complaint that raised the possibility the young people would make it to trial.
The move to permanently defeat the case is “tragic and unjust,” and the US should come to agreement at the settlement table instead, according to Julia Olson, Our Children’s Trust chief legal counsel and an attorney in Juliana v. US.
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