10 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: Letter filed by plaintiffs regarding supplemental authority (Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia). [ 06/22/2020 ]
Description: Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations.
Illinois Farmers Insurance Co. v. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Ill.
Status: Notice of dismissal filed. [ 06/03/2014 ]
Description: Lawsuits brought by insurers contending that they had to make larger payments to property owners who suffered flooding as result of municipalities’ failure to implement reasonable stormwater management practices.
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.