The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled against Harvard students who had sought injunction relief against the school

The plaintiffs, Harvard Climate Justice Coalition, an unincorporated association of students at Harvard University (university), and its members, appeal from a Superior Court judgment dismissing their action that sought a permanent injunction requiring the President and Fellows of Harvard College (the university’s formal name) and Harvard Management Company, Inc. (the company that manages the endowment funds) (collectively, Harvard), to divest the university’s endowment of investments in fossil fuel companies. In a two-count complaint, the plaintiffs allege that those investments contribute to climate changes (commonly known as global warming), which adversely impact their education and in the future will adversely impact the university’s physical campus. We affirm.

Bottom line

We conclude, as did the judge below, that the plaintiffs “have brought their advocacy, fervent and articulate and admirable as it is, to a forum that cannot grant the relief they seek.