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美国最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托出席由美国驻梵蒂冈大使馆组织的活动，意大利罗马，2025年9月20日。路透社/温琴佐·利维耶里/档案照片 购买授权许可
华盛顿，9月28日（路透社）——一名法院官员周一表示，美国最高法院大法官塞缪尔·阿利托将不会参与即将审理的一起案件，该案涉及石油公司试图驳回一项寻求让他们为加剧气候变化承担责任的诉讼。
阿利托持有多家油气公司的股票，但不持有本案涉及的两家公司埃克森美孚和森科能源的股票。这起案件将于10月5日由最高法院审理。此前，监督组织和环保团体呼吁阿利托回避该案，他最初拒绝了这一要求。2023年该案在更早阶段提交至最高法院时，阿利托就已经回避。
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阿利托是最高法院最保守的大法官之一，当前最高法院保守派以6票对3票占据多数。
石油公司的律师以及代表科罗拉多州博尔德市官员的律师于周一收到了最高法院书记官斯科特·哈里斯的信函，被告知阿利托将回避本案。
哈里斯未说明回避理由，仅表示：“我写信通知各方，阿利托大法官已决定不再继续参与本案。”
这起将在最高法院新开庭期首日审理的争议，可能会决定数十起针对化石燃料公司的州级和地方气候相关诉讼的命运。
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根据阿利托最新的财务披露文件，他持有的股票包括康菲石油和菲利普斯66，这两家公司也涉及其他类似的气候相关诉讼，且同为被告。
即将提交最高法院审理的本案核心争议点在于，联邦法律是否排除了根据州法律提出的、寻求为温室气体排放 allegedly 造成的损害索赔的权利。大法官们还要求双方就最高法院在当前阶段审理本案是否拥有管辖权发表意见。
唐纳德·特朗普政府此前支持埃克森美孚和森科能源，主张联邦法律应驳回博尔德市的索赔诉求。
补充了第7至9段中关于阿利托披露文件和案件背景的细节
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US Supreme Court’s Alito won’t participate in climate case involving oil companies
2026-09-28 17:54:26 UTC / Reuters
By John Kruzel
September 28, 2026 5:54 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito attends an event organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See, in Rome, Italy, September 20, 2025. REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will not participate in an upcoming case involving a bid by oil companies to scuttle a lawsuit seeking to hold them liable for helping fuel climate change, a court official said on Monday.
Alito owns stock in several oil and gas companies but not Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy, the two companies involved in the dispute to be heard by the court on October 5. He had initially declined calls from watchdog and environmental groups to recuse. Alito stepped aside when the litigation reached the court at an earlier stage in 2023.
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Alito is one of the most conservative justices on the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority.
Lawyers for the oil companies and those representing officials in Boulder, Colorado, who sued Exxon and Suncor in 2018, were informed on Monday of Alito’s recusal in a letter from Scott Harris, clerk of the Supreme Court.
Harris did not provide a rationale, stating only, “I am writing to inform the parties that Justice Alito has determined that he will not continue to participate in this case.”
The dispute, which will be heard on the first day of the court’s new term, could determine the fate of dozens of state and local climate-related lawsuits against fossil fuel companies.
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According to his most recent financial disclosure, Alito’s holdings include stock in ConocoPhillips and Phillips 66, which are defendants in separate but similar climate-related lawsuits.
The upcoming Supreme Court case involves whether federal law precludes certain claims under state law seeking damages for harms allegedly caused by the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The justices also directed the parties to address whether the court has jurisdiction to decide the case at this stage.
President Donald Trump’s administration has backed Exxon and Suncor, arguing that federal law precludes Boulder’s claims.
Adds details on Alito disclosure forms and case background in paragraphs 7-9
Reporting by John Kruzel; Editing by Will Dunham
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