Connecticut, in which the Second Circuit affirmed the right to sue carbon dioxide emitters under a common law theory of nuisance.

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The attorneys general are basing their case on nuisance doctrines established by common laws.

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The plaintiffs cited federal common law, calling the greenhouse gas a nuisance.

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Perhaps because it is so common, chronic sinusitis is often dismissed as a nuisance, says Edelman.

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