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s Fair Traceability Requirement.16 C. This Court'

s Guidance Is Needed To Prevent Open-Ended And Abusive Litigation.21 iii II. Plaintiffs'

Global-Warming Claims Raise Nonjusticiable Political Questions.24 A. A Case Presents A Nonjusticiable Political Question If Any One Of The Six Baker v. Carr Tests Is Satisfied.25 B. Plaintiffs'

Global-Warming Nuisance Claims Raise Nonjusticiable Political Questions Under Several of the Baker Tests.29 CONCLUSION.37 iv TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Cases

767 Third Ave. Assocs. v. Consulate Gen. of Socialist Fed'

n Republic of Yugoslavia,

218 F.3d

152 (2d Cir. 2000)29 Allen v. Wright,

468 U.S.

737 (1984)11, 17,

20 Alperin v. Vatican Bank,

410 F.3d

532 (9th Cir. 2005)33 Anderman v. Federal Republic of Austria,

256 F. Supp. 2d

1098 (C.D. Cal. 2003)33 Ashcroft v. Iqbal,

129 S. Ct.

1937 (2009)17 Baker v. Carr,

369 U.S.

186 (1962)passim Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly,

550 U.S.

544 (2007)22 Bennett v. Spear,

520 U.S.

154 (1997)17 BMW of N. Am., Inc. v. Gore,

517 U.S.

558 (1996)22 California v. General Motors Corp. No. C06-05755,

2007 WL

2726871 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 17, 2007)passim Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. No. 1:05-CV-436-LG-RHW,

2007 WL

6942285 (S.D. Miss. Aug. 30, 2007)2, 22,

35 v Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.,

585 F.3d

855 (5th Cir. 2009), vacated by,

598 F.3d

208 (en banc), appeal dismissed,

607 F.3d

1049 (5th Cir. 2010)10 Corrie v. Caterpillar, Inc.,

503 F.3d

974 9th Cir. 2007)28 DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno,

547 U.S.

332 (2006)16,

18 Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Envt'

l Study Grp., Inc.,

438 U.S.

59 (1978)17 Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Crown Cent. Petroleum Corp.,

95 F.3d

358 (5th Cir. 1996)14,

15 Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Gaston Copper Recycling Corp.,

204 F.3d

149 (4th Cir. 2000)14 Goldwater v. Carter,

444 U.S.

996 (1979)26 Japan Whaling Ass'

n v. American Cetacean Soc'

y,

478 U.S.

221 (1986)25, 29,

36 Kelberine v. Societe Internationale,

363 F.2d

989 (D.C. Cir. 1966)33 Leegin Creative Leather Prods. v. PSKS, Inc.,

551 U.S.

877 (2007)22 Lewis v. Casey,

518 U.S.

343 (1996)7 vi Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife,

504 U.S.

555 (1992)passim Marbury v. Madison,

5 U.S. (1 Cranch)

137 (1803)25,

26 Massachusetts v. EPA,

549 U.S.

497 (2007)passim Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp.,

663 F. Supp. 2d

863 (N.D. Cal. 2009)passim Nixon v. United States,

506 U.S.

224 (1993)26, 27, 28,

33 Ohio v. Wyandotte Chems. Corp.,

401 U.S.

493 (1971)31 Public Interest Research Group v. Powell Duffryn Terminals, Inc.,

913 F.2d

64 (3d Cir. 1990)14 Schneider v. Kissinger,

412 F.3d

190 (D.C. Cir. 2005)30 Simon v. Eastern Ky. Welfare Rights Org.,

426 U.S.

26 (1976)18 Snapp v. Puerto Rico ex rel. Barez,

458 U.S.

592 (1982)10,

11 Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Env'

t,

523 U.S.

83 (1998)19 Stoneridge Inv. Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlantic, Inc.,

552 U.S.

148 (2008)22 Summers v. Earth Island Inst.,

129 S. Ct.

1142 (2009)16 vii Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues &

Rights, Ltd.,

551 U.S.

308 (2007)22 Texas Indep. Producers &

Royalty Owners Ass'

n v. EPA,

410 F.3d

964 (7th Cir. 2005)15 United States v. Pink,

315 U.S.

203 (1942)28 United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures,

412 U.S.

669 (1973)17 Vieth v. Jubilerer,

541 U.S.

267 (2004)passim Ware v. Hylton,

3 U.S. (3 Dall.)