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9 Cases found

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. United States

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 07/31/2019 ]
Description: Claims against the federal government alleging violations of a constitutional right to wilderness and seeking order requiring the government to prepare and implement a remedial plan to mitigate climate change impacts.

Clean Air Council v. United States

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Pa.
Status: Defendants' motion to dismiss granted. [ 02/19/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit against United States and other federal defendants asserting constitutional claims to block deregulatory actions by Trump administration.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Walker

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Tex.
Status: Joint stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 06/29/2016 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to quash subpoena issued by the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General in climate change investigation.

Puntenney v. Iowa Utilities Board

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Iowa
Status: Court affirmed denial of petition for judicial review of Utilities Board decision. [ 05/31/2019 ]
Description: Challenge Iowa Utilities Board approval of the Dakota Pipeline project and related use of eminent domain.

Juliana v. United States

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Oral argument held. [ 06/04/2019 ]
Description: Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations.

Carolan v. Township of Long Beach

Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: N.J. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/05/2014 ]
Description: Challenge to easements for flood hazard risk reduction measures.

SSHI LLC dba DR Horton v. City of Olympia

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Opinion issued affirming trial court's decision dismissing all claims. [ 09/24/2013 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of master plan application for densely populated "neighborhood village."

St. Bernard Parish Government v. United States

Filing Date: 2005
Court/Admin Entity: Fed. Cir.
Status: Federal Circuit reversed finding of taking. [ 04/20/2018 ]
Description: Action by property owners in St. Bernard Parish and Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans seeking compensation for temporary taking of property caused by flooding during and after Hurricane Katrina.