Exxon, BP Lead Big Oil Victory in Supreme Court Climate Case (3)

Exxon Mobil Corp., BP Plc, and other energy giants triumphed Monday in an arcane but consequential U.S. Supreme Court case that gives the industry a chance to gain the upper hand in climate litigation nationwide.

The justices ruled 7-1 that a federal appeals court should have considered a full suite of industry arguments, rather than focusing on a narrow issue, in a tussle over whether a pioneering lawsuit from Baltimore belongs in state or federal court.

The decision will reverberate in the rapidly expanding world of climate liability, likely delaying more than a dozen other cases from state and local ...