Columbus, OH – On Tuesday, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Alabama v. California, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to tell California and four other states that they cannot use the courts to impose their extreme energy policies on independent and sovereign states.

“California and four other states are abusing our legal system in an attempt to impose their energy policies on the rest of the country,” said David C. Tryon, director of litigation at The Buckeye Institute. “Their actions violate the American principle of federalism and are a transparent attempt at national regulation through litigation.”

In its brief, The Buckeye Institute argues that California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island are abusing state tort and consumer laws to impose their energy policies on other states, a clear violation of the principle of federalism that jeopardizes the ability of other states to meet the energy needs of their residents. The complaint was filed by Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Cary Silverman, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Shook, Hardy, and Bacon, is the counsel of record for The Buckeye Institute on this brief. 

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