Oil Industry Faces Skeptical Judges in Baltimore Climate Case

A panel of federal appeals court judges seemed skeptical of energy company claims on Tuesday during a second round of arguments in Baltimore’s climate liability case.

Attorneys for the city and oil supermajors faced off again at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, after the U.S. Supreme Court last year ordered appellate judges to look at a fuller suite of industry arguments over whether Baltimore’s case—and others like it—should be heard in state or federal courts.

What the panel decides on this examination could determine how other judges rule on which venue more ...