Which of the following was the result before the U.S.Supreme Court in American Electric Power Co.v.Connecticut,the case in the text involving whether eight states,New York City,and land trusts could recover against electric power corporations for contributing to global warming in violation of federal common law and state nuisance law?
A) The court ruled that no cause of action existed under either federal or state law because the case involved a nonjusticiable political question.
B) The court ruled that the plaintiffs could proceed to a jury trial under both federal common law and state nuisance law.
C) The court ruled that a cause of action under federal common law was available but that the plaintiffs could not proceed under state nuisance law.
D) The court ruled that a cause of action under federal common law was foreclosed but remanded the case for consideration of whether state nuisance law would provide a cause of action.
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