Judge Lets xAI NAACP Lawsuit Over Memphis Turbines Move Forward
A federal judge denied Elon Musk’s xAI bid to throw out the NAACP lawsuit over gas turbines powering its Memphis-area AI data centers, ruling on October 30 that the case can proceed. TechCrunch reported the decision on October 31, and it is the second time in October that a court has refused to end the case early. Judge Debra M. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi rejected each of xAI’s arguments for dismissal. In her order, she wrote: “Because the plaintiffs have statutory standing under the Clean Air Act, because the combustion turbines are not ‘mobile sources’ under Mississippi’s [State Implementation Plan], and because the citizen suit provision does not violate Article II of the Constitution or the private nondelegation doctrine, the plaintiffs’ claims will proceed.” ...