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No. 25-170·Colo. Supreme Court·Argued Not yet argued (OT2026)PreemptionClimateFederalismOT2026

Suncor Energy Inc. v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Boulder County

Suncor Energy Inc. (with ExxonMobil) v. Bd. of County Comm'rs of Boulder County; City of Boulder
Question Presented

(1) Whether federal law precludes state-law claims for injuries allegedly caused by interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions; and (2) whether the Court has statutory and Article III jurisdiction to hear the case (question added by the Court).

Background

Boulder County and the City of Boulder sued fossil-fuel producers in Colorado state court (2018) for state-law torts — nuisance, trespass, unjust enrichment, conspiracy — over climate harms. State courts rejected the defendants' preemption defenses. The Court granted cert and directed briefing on its own jurisdiction.

Why It Matters

Could decide whether the dozens of state and municipal climate-damages suits against energy companies are preempted by federal law — potentially dispositive for the entire wave of climate litigation.

Applicable Law
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.Federal-common-law / foreign-affairs preemptionU.S. Const. art. III, § 2 (jurisdiction)
Key Precedents
American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut(2011)

Clean Air Act displaces federal-common-law nuisance claims for GHG emissions.

Int'l Paper Co. v. Ouellette(1987)

Source-state law governs cross-border pollution; supplies the preemption framework.

Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil(2012)

Displacement of federal climate-damages claims (9th Cir. background).

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Suncor prevails
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