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12 Cases found

Better Path Coalition Planning Group v. City of Harrisburg

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: M.D. Pa.
Status: Litigation to remain stayed pending further order of court. [ 12/01/2022 ]
Description: First Amendment challenge by climate activists to City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's system for regulating use of its traditional public forums for expressive purposes.
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Durand v. Echols

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Ga.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/15/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that a Georgia Public Service Commissioner violated an individual's free speech rights by blocking her criticism of the Commissioner's positions on energy issues on Twitter and Facebook.
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HOPE of Kentucky, LLC v. Cameron

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Ky.
Status: Memorandum filed by plaintiffs in support of their motion to abstain, dismiss, and remand. [ 11/18/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block the Kentucky Attorney General's investigation of banks' ESG investment practices.
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CANA Foundation v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Nev.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/02/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management decision to remove wild horses and burros from Herd Management Areas in Nevada.
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In re Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Tex.
Status: Petition for review denied. [ 02/18/2022 ]
Description: Exxon Mobil Corporation petition seeking pre-suit depositions and documents in anticipation of potential claims of abuse of process, conspiracy, infringement of Exxon's rights in connection with California municipalities' climate change lawsuits.
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Willmeng v. City of Thornton

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Stipulation filed. [ 10/20/2018 ]
Description: First Amendment lawsuit brought by two Colorado residents against Colorado city and its mayor pro tem for blocking their comments about hydraulic fracturing.
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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.
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First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist v. Historic District Commission of Town of Bedford

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: Mass. App. Ct.
Status: Settlement reached and Town's appeal withdrawn. [ 12/12/2018 ]
Description: Challenge by church to town's denial of application for certificate of appropriateness allowing installation of solar panels on the church's meetinghouse.
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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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Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed as to the New York Attorney General and dismissal of complaint affirmed as to Massachusetts Attorney General. [ 03/15/2022 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to bar enforcement of civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general and subpoena issued by New York attorney general.
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Schmid v. Sonoma Clean Power

Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Memorandum issued. [ 01/23/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to automatic enrollment procedures for alternative, cleaner-energy electricity service provider.
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United States v. Sholtz

Filing Date: 2005
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Non-party motion to unseal documents partially granted. [ 12/15/2009 ]
Description: Proceedings seeking access to judicial records concerning alleged fraudulent pollution credit trading scheme in California.
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