Climacteric Litigation Decisions Part VI: Held Is Upheld By The Montana Supreme Court

In our first article in this series on climate change litigation, we discussed the landmark decision of the Montana First Judicial District Court in Lewis and Clark County ("District Court"), Held, et al v State of Montana, et al ("Held"). In that decision, the District Court issued an order that was reportedly the first major North American climate litigation decision to uphold claims based on environmental rights.

In the same article series, we summarized the history of climate change litigation in Canada and the USA, the potential impact of Held, the likelihood of further climate change litigation, and recent climate change litigation decisions. (Each article in the series can be found here: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V).