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27 Cases found

City & County of Honolulu v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: Proceedings stayed pending completion of briefing on the anticipated motion to remand in the County of Maui case. [ 11/04/2020 ]
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.
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State v. American Petroleum Institute

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Minn.
Status: Opposition filed by Minnesota to motion to stay. [ 01/22/2021 ]
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.
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City of Hoboken v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.J.
Status: Opposition filed to motion to remand. [ 01/29/2021 ]
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.
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Delaware v. BP America Inc.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Del.
Status: Opening brief filed in support of motion to remand to state court. [ 01/05/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for the physical, environmental, social, and economic consequences of climate change in Delaware.
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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.
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County of Maui v. Sunoco LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: Opposition filed to motion to remand. [ 12/22/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by County of Maui against fossil fuel companies to hold them liable for the impacts of climate change on Maui.
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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.
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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.
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Board of County Commissioners of Boulder County v. Suncor Energy (U.S.A.), Inc.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Petition for writ of certiorari filed. [ 12/04/2020 ]
Description: Action by Colorado local governments seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for climate change harms.
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King County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Stay continued. [ 09/10/2020 ]
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.
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Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Petition for writ of certiorari filed. [ 12/30/2020 ]
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.
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Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Oral argument heard by the Supreme Court. [ 01/19/2021 ]
Description: City of Baltimore lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change impacts.
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County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Petition for writ of certiorari filed. [ 12/30/2020 ]
Description: Action by California counties and cities seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for sea level rise.
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City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Petition for writ of certiorari filed by defendants. [ 01/08/2021 ]
Description: Public nuisance actions brought by City of Oakland and City of San Francisco against fossil fuel companies.
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County of Santa Cruz v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Appeal of remand order consolidated with San Mateo cases. [ 08/20/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuits alleging that fossil fuel companies caused cities' and county's climate change-related injuries.
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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.
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Panoche Energy Center, LLC v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Opinion issued. [ 05/05/2016 ]
Description: Action to vacate arbitration award that required electricity producer to pay costs of compliance with California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
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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.
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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.
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Savoy Energy, LLC v. New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: D. Utah
Status: Stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 08/06/2010 ]
Description: Action alleging that university fraudulently backed out of carbon sequestration project.
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