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10 Cases found

E&B Natural Resources Management Corp. v. County of Alameda

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Third joint case management statement filed. [ 07/20/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging Alameda County’s decision not to renew conditional use permits for continued operation of an oil extraction and production facility in the City of Livermore.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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