Federal-State Conflicts
Description
This panel will examine the Supreme Court’s role in resolving conflicts between federal and state authority across a range of emerging legal issues. The discussion will center on the highly watched pending case, Suncor Energy Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County, which raises questions about federal preemption and the relationship between federal environmental law and state common-law claims concerning climate change. The panel will also speculate about the Court’s role in the ongoing litigation involving state regulation of mifepristone, in addition to the pending cert petition involving the preemptive effect of the National Bank Act, and changes to the evolving doctrine of state standing.
Materials for Panel
Pending Cases
- Suncor Energy Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County
- Lower Court Opinion (Supreme Court of Colorado)
- Brief of Appellants (Supreme Court of Colorado)
- Brief of Appellee (Supreme Court of Colorado)
- Petition for Writ of Certiorari
- Brief of Respondents
- Reply of Petitioners
- Brief of Petitioners
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Amicus Brief
- Lower Court Opinion (Supreme Court of Colorado)
- Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana
Other Cases
- Conti v. Citizens Bank N.A.
- Cantero v. Bank of America N.A (2024)
News Articles
- U.S. Supreme Court Decides to Hear Climate Case Against ExxonMobil and Suncor Entities - Boulder County, CO
- Supreme Court allows for access to abortion pill by mail for now - SCOTUSblog, Amy Howe
- Resisting Federal Preemption - Desiree LeClerq, Alabama Law Review
- U.S. Supreme Court declines to review First Circuit’s Conti decision on NBA preemption - ABA Banking Journal
- Ten States Take on the OCC Over National Bank Preemption of State Escrow-Interest Laws - Alan S Kaplinskly, Ballard Spahr LLP, National Law Review
- How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits - The Guardian, Dharna Noor