28 Cases found

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

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Motion to stay proceedings filed by defendants. [ 05/25/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by the City of Annapolis against fossil fuel companies seeking damages and other relief based on the companies' alleged concealment of information about their products' contribution to climate change.

Anne Arundel County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Motion to stay proceedings filed by defendants. [ 05/25/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the consequences of climate change in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Haw. Cir. Ct.
Status: Motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction denied. [ 03/31/2022 ]
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: 8th Cir.
Status: Letter filed by appellants in response to Minnesota's supplemental authorities (appellate court decisions in County of San Mateo and Baltimore cases). [ 05/03/2022 ]
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 Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 3d Cir.
Status: Oral argument on the merits of appeals in Delaware and City of Hoboken cases scheduled for June 21, 2022. [ 06/03/2022 ]
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.

Delaware v. BP America Inc.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: 3d Cir.
Status: Oral argument on the merits of appeals in Delaware and City of Hoboken cases scheduled for June 21, 2022. [ 06/03/2022 ]
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: D.S.C.
Status: Proceedings stayed pending Fourth Circuit's decision on remand in the Baltimore case. [ 05/27/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for the impacts of climate change on the City of Charleston.

King County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Notice of voluntary dismissal filed by King County. [ 09/28/2021 ]
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. Shell Oil Products Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Remand order affirmed. [ 05/23/2022 ]
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 continuing case management conference. [ 11/30/2020 ]
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 New York v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Mandate issued. [ 05/24/2021 ]
Description: Action brought by New York City against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change-related injuries.

County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Amicus curiae brief filed by National Association of Manufacturers in support of appellants' petition for rehearing en banc. [ 05/27/2022 ]
Description: Action by California counties and cities seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for sea level rise.

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

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 06/14/2021 ]
Description: Public nuisance actions brought by City of Oakland and City of San Francisco against fossil fuel companies.

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.

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.

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.