No. 19-1189October Term 2019Decided May 17, 2021Updated May 23, 2026
BP v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Baltimore sued several energy companies in state court over the environmental harms of fossil fuels, and the companies tried to move the case to federal court on several grounds, including the federal-officer removal statute.
Case status
Decided 7-1 · May 17, 2021 · Opinion by Justice Gorsuch
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- Decision released May 17, 2021
- What it's about
Baltimore sued several energy companies in state court over the environmental harms of fossil fuels, and the companies tried to move the case to federal court on several grounds, including the federal-officer removal statute. The Supreme Court considered how much of a remand order a federal court of appeals may review when removal was based in part on that statute.
Question presented
Whether 28 U.S.C. 1447(d) permits a court of appeals to review any issue encompassed in a district court's order remanding a removed case to state court where the removing defendant premised removal in part on the federal-officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 1442, or the civil rights removal statute, 28 U.S.C. 1443.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Decision released May 17, 2021
- Area
Immigration, Civil Rights
Timing
Decided May 17, 2021
The Court released its decision on May 17, 2021 without hearing oral argument.
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Brief added: Questions Presented
May 23, 2026 | Court records
Opinion added: opinion
May 17, 2021 | Court records
Brief added: Petition
Mar 31, 2020 | Court records
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