26 Cases found

City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.J. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/02/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to recover climate change-related damages allegedly resulting from the defendant energy companies' production of fossil fuels and concealment of fossil fuels’ harms.

State v. BP America Inc.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Del. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/10/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for the physical, environmental, social, and economic consequences of climate change in Delaware.

City of Charleston v. Brabham Oil Co.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: S.C. Ct. Com.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/09/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the impacts of climate change on the City of Charleston.

City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: Response filed by plaintiff to defendants' further update to status report and request for reconsideration. [ 09/08/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for alleged conduct that the City and County of Honolulu contends actually and proximately caused climate change impacts.

State v. American Petroleum Institute

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Minn.
Status: Notice of removal filed. [ 07/27/2020 ]
Description: Action brought by Minnesota against members of the fossil fuel industry for allegedly causing climate change harms by misleading the public by downplaying the threat of climate change and the role of their products in causing climate change.

City of New York v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Letter filed by Chevron Corporation in response to New York City's May 30, 2020 letter regarding the Ninth Circuit's decision in City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c. [ 06/17/2020 ]
Description: Action brought by New York City against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change-related injuries.

King County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Stay continued and parties directed to submit joint proposal for next steps. [ 08/27/2020 ]
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.

Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Letter filed by Chevron Corporation in response to Rhode Island's August 10, 2020 letter concerning supplemental authority. [ 09/04/2020 ]
Description: State of Rhode Island lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for causing climate change impacts that adversely affect Rhode Island and jeopardize State-owned or -operated facilities, real property, and other assets.

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Inc. v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Clerk's notice issued rescheduling case management conference. [ 08/22/2020 ]
Description: Action by a commercial fishing industry trade group to hold fossil fuel companies liable for adverse climate change impacts to the ocean off the coasts of California and Oregonthat resulted in "prolonged closures" of Dungeness crab fisheries.

City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Mandate issued. [ 08/20/2020 ]
Description: Public nuisance actions brought by City of Oakland and City of San Francisco against fossil fuel companies.

County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Motion to stay the mandate denied. [ 08/25/2020 ]
Description: Action by California counties and cities seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for sea level rise.

PAWS Holdings, LLC v. Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Ga.
Status: Action dismissed. [ 02/22/2017 ]
Description: Action alleging that heating, , ventilation, and air conditioning units manufactured by defendants were defective, including because of leaks of potent greenhouse gas.

Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Opinion issued affirming dismissal. [ 05/14/2013 ]
Description: Action seeking damages related to damages from Hurricane Katrina, refiled after 2010 dismissal by Fifth Circuit.

Emerick v. Town of Glastonbury

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Conn. Super. Ct.
Status: Memorandum of decision issued granting in part and denying in part plaintiff's and defendant's motions for summary judgment. [ 05/14/2015 ]
Description: Action seeking relief for property damage allegedly caused by upstream development approved by town.