Environmental & Energy,
Constitutional Law,
Civil Litigation
Mar. 13, 2020
US judge tosses much of US suit against California-Quebec cap-and-trade deal
Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb said the deal shouldn’t be considered a treaty in the constitutional sense and thus does not undermine foreign policy as the government had claimed.




A federal judge in Sacramento threw out much of the U.S. government's lawsuit seeking to block California's cap-and-trade deal with the government of Quebec on Thursday, saying the deal shouldn't be considered a treaty in the constitutional sense and thus does not undermine foreign policy as the government claimed.
In its suite filed last October, the U.S. Justice Department said California violated the Constitution's treaty and com...
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