16 Cases found

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Description: Action by pro se plaintiff (1) alleging federal defendants violated his fundamental constitutional rights by causing or contributing to climate change and (2) seeking to compel defendants to undertake actions to remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to intervene granted. [ 11/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the denial of a permit that would allow Exxon to temporarily truck crude oil from Exxon’s Santa Ynez Unit, consisting of three offshore platforms and an onshore processing center.

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 07/16/2021 ]
Description: Pro se lawsuit alleging that federal defendants violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights by causing and contributing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Casa Mira Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition and complaint filed. [ 06/09/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Coastal Commission's approval of an amendment to the City of Half Moon Bay's Local Coastal Plan/Program, which would prohibit long-term shoreline protective devices.

Casa Mira Homeowners Association v. California Coastal Commission

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition and complaint filed. [ 12/13/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Coastal Commission's approval of only a portion of a seawall intended to protect the California Coastal Trail, a sewer line, 10 townhomes, and three apartments.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. United States

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants. [ 10/19/2021 ]
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Juliana v. United States

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Response filed by defendants to plaintiffs' notice of supplemental authority (Barke v. Banks). [ 03/04/2022 ]
Description: Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations. [Due to a technical issue, some recent documents are currently not available.]

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.