State of Delaware v. BP America Inc.

Summary

The Supreme Court of Delaware refused to accept the State’s interlocutory appeal from an order resolving multiple motions to dismiss in climate-change litigation. The Court held that the strict requirements for interlocutory review were not satisfied, emphasizing that review would cause inefficiency, disruption, and probable costs in an already complex case. The conditional interlocutory cross-appeal was also refused because the defendants conditioned it on acceptance of the State’s appeal.