Kavanaugh Breaks With Conservatives as Alito Sits Out Supreme Court Case
Summary
The Supreme Court decided not to hear a case involving Sunoco, an oil company, ordered to pay over $100 million in a lawsuit for late royalty payments without interest in Oklahoma. Justice Brett Kavanaugh disagreed with most conservatives by saying the Court should review the case, while Justice Samuel Alito did not participate, possibly due to financial interests in related oil companies.Key Facts
- Sunoco was ordered to pay $103 million for not paying interest on late royalty payments, violating Oklahoma law.
- The lawsuit was a class action representing many royalty owners who said they were owed money.
- Sunoco asked the Supreme Court to review how class members were identified in the lawsuit.
- The Court refused to take the case, denying the petition for writ of certiorari.
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he would have agreed to hear the case, breaking from most conservative justices.
- Justice Samuel Alito did not participate in the decision; he holds stocks in some Sunoco competitors, which might explain his absence.
- Alito also recused himself from a climate change case earlier in the term, possibly for similar reasons.
- The case raises questions about how courts certify groups in class action lawsuits and determine who can get damages.
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