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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1058223)	3/2/2018 11:53:41 AM
From: locogringo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578010

Why would anybody with a functioning brain listen to a California court, let alone obey orders from one?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1058223)	3/2/2018 11:56:25 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578010

Calif buys fossil fuels from those companies so the court will throw out the case, maybe calif can sue itself

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1058223)	3/2/2018 12:02:09 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578010

Law Prof: Climate Lawsuits are Losers: “Cross Examination Is Going To Be Brutal” Eric Worrall / 1 week ago February 21, 2018 Richard Epstein. By Kat Walsh – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Guest essay by Eric Worrall New York University Law Professor Richard Epstein thinks political attempts to sue oil companies like Exxon are doomed, thanks to the fossil fuel hypocrisy of the plaintiffs. ‘Cross Examination Is Going To Be Brutal’: NYU Law Prof Says Climate Change Litigation Is A Loser POST WRITTEN BY Karen Kidd California officials who made dire climate change predictions about their localities’ futures in litigation against energy companies, but not in bond offerings, probably know by now their litigation is doomed, a New York University law professor said during a recent interview. “My guess is they know they’re going to lose those lawsuits,” Richard Epstein, who also is director of NYU’s Classical Liberal Institute, told Legal Newsline. “I certainly believe they will.” … Those same fossil fuels also help drive the state’s economy, the sixth-largest in the world, Epstein and others say. … Read more: forbes.com If Professor Epstein is right, why are county and state bodies continuing to waste public money pursuing lawsuits they know they cannot win?