City of Chicago v. BP P.L.C.

The City of Chicago filed lawsuits against major fossil fuel companies seeking damages stemming from global warming. The defendants removed the action from Illinois state court to federal court under the federal officer removal statute. The district court remanded and defendants appealed. The Seventh Circuit affirmed, finding that the plaintiffs claims were narrowly tailored and that the defendants’ assertion that federal jurisdiction was appropriate on the grounds that the lawsuit related to their fuel production for the federal government was too attenuated from the plaintiff’s claims to support removal. HAMILTON and MALDONADO, concurring)