A federal appeals court has agreed to review a 3-judge panel’s ruling that a group of Mississippi coastal landowners can sue energy and chemical companies claiming their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions contributed to global warming, caused sea levels to raise and added to the intensity of Katrina.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on February 26 granted a petition from the energy and chemical companies for appraise by the full court of the panel’s decision.

The court said that the case would be scheduled for oral argument the week of May 24 and it gave attorneys for both sides pending April 30 to file briefs in the case.